Friday / 14 January 2022

Intuitive Machines and Partners Build Commercial Communications Network Ahead of 3 Moon Missions

Lunar Telemetry and Tracking Network (LTN) commercial cislunar communications system first tested with Goonhilly Earth Station (UK) GHY-6 deep space antenna / ESA INTEGRAL gamma ray space observatory, now validated with Live Sky test utilizing Morehead State University 21-m Space Tracking Antenna / NASA LRO feeding data to Houston-based Nova Control; CSIRO Parkes 64-m Radio Telescope (Australia) is largest receiver in LTN; Network communications hardware and software provided by Clear-Com of Alameda CA; IM-1 / IM-2 launching 2022, IM-3 in 2023

Credits: Intuitive Machines, NASA, MSU