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Near Earth Network
 
USN - Universal Space Network SSC - Swedish Space Corporation KSAT - Kongsberg Satellite Services USN Hawaii South Point White Sands Complex New Mexico SSC Chile, Santiago KSAT TrollSat, Antarctica SA National Space Agency Hartebeesthoek, South Africa McMurdo, Antarctica USN Australia Dongara KSAT Singapore, Malaysia USN Germany Weilheim SSC Kiruna, Sweden KSAT Svalbard, Norway Wallops, Virginia Gilmore Creek, Alaska USN Alaska Poker Flat & North Pole Alaska Satellite Facility, Fairbanks McMurdo Ground Station

McMurdo Ground Station
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Formerly known as the Ground Network, the Near Earth Network (NEN) provides telemetry, commanding, ground-based tracking, data and communications services. to a wide range of customers. The NEN provides these services to customers with satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) , geosynchronous orbit (GEO) highly elliptical orbit , Lunar orbit and missions with multiple frequency bands . Customers are both national and international, government and commercial entities, NASA (Earth Science, Space Science, and Human Explorations missions) and non-NASA.

The Near Earth Network utilizes both NASA-owned and commercial stations around the world to ensure proper service to customers.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD Maryland manages the operations of the Near Earth Network.


› Near Earth Network Reimbursable Rates 2011 (PDF 194 KB)

› Scheduling Services


Map of Near Earth Network Sites

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