NASA Space Communications and Navigation program

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NASA program government research and development program space communications program space infrastructure program space navigation program

The NASA Space Communications and Navigation program is the agency’s overarching initiative that manages and advances the networks, technologies, and services enabling communication and navigation for NASA’s space missions across Earth orbit and deep space.

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Label Occurrences
NASA Space Communications and Navigation program canonical 3
Space Communications and Navigation Program 2
NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA program ⓘ
government research and development program ⓘ
space communications program ⓘ
space infrastructure program ⓘ
space navigation program ⓘ
abbreviation SCaN ⓘ
coordinatesWith commercial space communications providers ⓘ
international space agencies ⓘ
other NASA mission directorates ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
develops advanced space communications technologies ⓘ
advanced space navigation technologies ⓘ
focusesOn navigation technologies ⓘ
optical communications ⓘ
positioning and timing services ⓘ
radio frequency communications ⓘ
goal enhance resiliency of space communications infrastructure ⓘ
improve data return from space missions ⓘ
increase network capacity ⓘ
support future human exploration of the Moon and Mars ⓘ
manages Deep Space Network ⓘ
NASA Space Communications and Navigation program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NASA space communications networks

NASA space navigation services ⓘ
Space Network ⓘ
surface form: Near Space Network

Space Network ⓘ
mission enable precise navigation for NASA missions ⓘ
enable reliable communications for NASA missions ⓘ
oversees Space Network ⓘ
surface form: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

ground stations for space communications ⓘ
space-based relay assets ⓘ
parentAgency NASA Space Operations Mission Directorate ⓘ
partOf NASA ⓘ
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
providesServiceTo Earth-orbiting spacecraft ⓘ
NASA human spaceflight missions ⓘ
NASA robotic missions ⓘ
deep space missions ⓘ
interplanetary missions ⓘ
lunar missions ⓘ
planetary missions ⓘ
supports command uplink and telemetry downlink ⓘ
ranging and Doppler navigation measurements ⓘ
real-time spacecraft tracking ⓘ
technology demonstrations in space communications ⓘ
technology demonstrations in space navigation ⓘ
uses ground-based antennas ⓘ
high-gain antennas ⓘ
radio frequency spectrum allocations ⓘ
space-based relay satellites ⓘ
website https://www.nasa.gov/scan ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Deep Space Network → partOf → NASA Space Communications and Navigation program ⓘ
NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate → subsidiary → NASA Space Communications and Navigation program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Communications and Navigation Program
Space Network → partOf → NASA Space Communications and Navigation program ⓘ
this entity surface form: NASA Space Communications and Navigation Program
Space Network → governingAgency → NASA Space Communications and Navigation program ⓘ
this entity surface form: NASA Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN)
DSN → partOf → NASA Space Communications and Navigation program ⓘ
subject surface form: Deep Space Network
Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex → partOf → NASA Space Communications and Navigation program ⓘ
NASA Space Communications and Navigation program → manages → NASA Space Communications and Navigation program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NASA space communications networks
Space Operations Mission Directorate → hasPart → NASA Space Communications and Navigation program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Communications and Navigation Program