Artemis I Communications Profile

Narration: Katie Schauer

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The Artemis one mission

is an uncrewed flight test of

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the Orion spacecraft, placing a

human rated crew vehicle into

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lunar orbit for the first time

since the Apollo missions. The

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mission will showcase the

capabilities of both Orion and

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the Space Launch System, or SLS,

NASA's powerful new rocket.

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Communication services for the

Artemis I mission are provided

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by NASA's two major networks,

the Near Space Network and the

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Deep Space Network. For Artemis

I launch the Near Space Network's

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launch communication segment

provides critical links with SLS

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and Orion. The network's

constellation of tracking and

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data relay satellites, or TDRS,

provides near continuous

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communication services to the

mission during ascent and low

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Earth orbit. As Artemis I

journeys to the Moon, the Deep

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Space Network acts as the

mission's primary service

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provider beyond low-Earth orbit.

With the Near Space Network

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providing supplemental

navigation data, the Deep Space

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Network will maintain

communications with Orion while

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in distant retrograde orbit

around the moon. The network

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will also help facilitate

communications for all of the

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mission's CubeSat deployment

stops. Returning to Earth, Orion

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will receive communication

support from the Deep Space

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Network with assistance from the

Near Space Network's TDRS

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constellation. TDRS will be

integral to communications

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during reentry and splashdown

with NASA search and rescue

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technology standing by in case

of contingencies. Artemis I will

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begin a new era of lunar

exploration supported by NASA

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Space Communications and

Navigation innovation. NASA's

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networks are empowering our

sustained return to the Moon as

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we set our sights on Mars.