NASA Space Communications and Navigation
@NASASCaN
Official Twitter account of NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program. Exploration, enabled. Verification: https://t.co/hMAIsDc0Xa
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How did NASA Goddard use optical navigation to help guide OSIRIS-REx to the Asteroid Bennu?
They used GIANT software to analyze Bennu's surface and track the particles flying around it! Now they're developing this tech for more advanced future missions: go.nasa.gov/3tTbFs5
There's always space for Pamela Melroy! ๐ฉโ๐
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy visited the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex on Wed, Oct 25. Members of the SCaN, JPL, and Goldstone teams provided their honorary guest with a guided tour of the complex.
Please check your engineer's candy this #Halloween ! We just found NASA Space Communications and Navigation's ILLUMA-T payload in ours! Spoooooky! ๐ป ๐ ๐ฌ
After we get it out of this candy bar, we're sending ILLUMA-T to the Space Station to demonstrate the benefits laser comm can have for missions!
Happy National Mentor Day! Today, we celebrate the incredible SCaN Internship Project (SIP) mentors who work with our NASA Internships on projects that change NASA and the world. ๐ซ
More about the SIP: go.nasa.gov/475woav
HDTN, an advanced protocol suite developed @NASAGlenn, will launch with ILLUMA-T to the International Space Station. The node will act as a high-speed path for data, supporting laser comm experiments up to 1 Gbps through the ILLUMA-T and LCRD networks. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/48OcaDM
Our ILLUMA-T payload is NASA's Kennedy Space Center, preparing for its journey to the International Space Station. Once installed, ILLUMA-T will demonstrate how NASA Laser Communications technology can offer higher data rates, as well as reduced size and power needs over traditional communications systems.
Absolute astronomical unit. ๐
One goal of the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment on the Psyche spacecraft is to demonstrate a data uplink spanning about 93 million miles, the average distance between Earth and the Sun โ 1 astronomical unit. #MissionToPsyche
๐ก NASA Space Communications and Navigation summer internships are open! ๐ Apply by Oct. 20 to work with NASA pros and elevate your skills. Positions are available for students across several disciplines and education levels.
Use keyword โSCaNโ to work on space comm and nav projects: go.nasa.gov/3M4Pgy6
Last week, NASA Space Operations and the SCaN team traveled to Azerbaijan for International Astronautical Congress (IAC), where they spoke to scientists, representatives, and policymakers about the future of space technology and exploration, including plans for NASA Artemis.
Weโre putting a laser communications demonstration on the International Space Station to illustrate how infrared light offers science and human exploration missions higher data rates. This demo is known as ILLUMA-T!
Learn more about NASA Laser Communications: go.nasa.gov/45TM0NW
Did you know we are infusing NASA Laser Communications into missions? Laser comm offers spacecraft higher data rates โ meaning more data can be sent to Earth at once. Soon, weโll demonstrate this tech on the upcoming #MissionToPsyche and a payload going to the International Space Station: ILLUMA-T!