Hermes communication systems

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Hermes communication systems is the high-speed, long-range interplanetary communications network featured in *The Martian*, enabling data exchange between the Hermes spacecraft and Earth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional communication system
interplanetary communications network
appearsInWork The Martian (2015 film) NERFINISHED
The Martian (novel) NERFINISHED
associatedWithMission Ares III mission NERFINISHED
Ares IV mission (planned) NERFINISHED
authorUniverseCreator Andy Weir NERFINISHED
communicationRange interplanetary distances between Earth and Mars
communicationType radio communications
depictedAs high-bandwidth communication system
enables coordination between Hermes crew and Earth-based controllers
real-time or near-real-time communication within light-time delay limits
fictionalStatus not an actual existing NASA system
medium space-to-Earth deep space communication links
operatedBy NASA (fictional depiction) NERFINISHED
primaryFunction enable high-speed data exchange between Hermes spacecraft and Earth
relatedTo Hermes spacecraft propulsion system
NASA Deep Space Network (fictional counterpart) NERFINISHED
roleInPlot enables mission control to coordinate rescue efforts for Mark Watney
setting near-future spaceflight technology
supports crew voice communications
data downlink to Earth mission control
data uplink from Earth mission control
telemetry data transmission
supportsCommunicationBetween Earth GENERATED
Hermes spacecraft GENERATED
technologyLevel more advanced than early 21st-century deep space communications
universe The Martian fictional universe NERFINISHED
usedBy Hermes spacecraft NERFINISHED

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Beth Johanssen in The Martian usesTechnology Hermes communication systems
subject surface form: Beth Johanssen