Data Flow from Space to the Ground via NASA's Space Network (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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NASA's Space Network is the primary communications service provider for the International Space Station. In this animation, the Space Network uses a constellation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) to collect data from the International Space Station. Once received, the TDRS relays that data back to the Space Network's ground terminal in White Sands, New Mexico. Data is then routed to mission control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Amber Jacobson, producer

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