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DESCRIPTION:Description:\n\nBefore 1970\, all NASA’s mission communicatio
 n was just possible through their ground systems while passing overhead of
  the communications network’s ground station antennas\, and it was limit
 ed connectivity.\n\nIn early 1970\, NASA established a space network (SN) 
 communication to reduce its dependency on the ground stations. NASA’s Tr
 acking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) have provided critical communicatio
 n and navigation services to NASA’s mission as part of the SN since then
 . Increases in the number of tasks\, higher data rates and the need for co
 nstant communication with NASA’s human and science mission determined NA
 SA to increase the capacity for the space network. The commercial space in
 dustry’s growth provides NASA with the vast opportunity to access the ap
 plicability of the commercial space relay communication systems.\n\nIn thi
 s webinar\, the NASA space network and\, more specifically\, the TDRS syst
 em will be discussed\, then the commercial space industry and the possibil
 ity of utilizing the commercial relay systems as well as the gains and cha
 llenges will be elaborated.\n\nSpeaker(s): Reza Karimian\, \n\nMontreal\, 
 Quebec\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/234464
LOCATION:Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.o
 rg/m/234464
ORGANIZER:mansoor.dashti@emt.inrs.ca
SEQUENCE:15
SUMMARY:Webinar on Satellite Communications Systems
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/234464
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p align="justify">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p align="jus
 tify"><strong>Description:</strong></p>\n<p align="justify">Before 1970\, 
 all NASA&rsquo\;s mission communication was just possible through their gr
 ound systems while passing overhead of the communications network&rsquo\;s
  ground station antennas\, and it was limited connectivity.</p>\n<p align=
 "justify">In early 1970\, NASA established a space network (SN) communicat
 ion to reduce its dependency on the ground stations. NASA&rsquo\;s Trackin
 g and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) have provided critical communication and
  navigation services to NASA&rsquo\;s mission as part of the SN since then
 . Increases in the number of tasks\, higher data rates and the need for co
 nstant communication with NASA&rsquo\;s human and science mission determin
 ed NASA to increase the capacity for the space network. The commercial spa
 ce industry&rsquo\;s growth provides NASA with the vast opportunity to acc
 ess the applicability of the commercial space relay communication systems.
 </p>\n<p align="justify">In this webinar\, the NASA space network and\, mo
 re specifically\, the TDRS system will be discussed\, then the commercial 
 space industry and the possibility of utilizing the commercial relay syste
 ms as well as the gains and challenges will be elaborated.</p>
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