{"id":474323,"date":"2023-07-28T12:48:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=474323"},"modified":"2023-09-25T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:31:07","slug":"near-space-network-complexes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/technology\/space-comms\/near-space-network-complexes\/","title":{"rendered":"Near Space Network Complexes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/heo\/scan\/services\/networks\/near_space_network\/complexes\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nsn.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nsn.png?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nsn.png 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nsn.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nsn.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nsn.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nsn.png?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nsn.png?resize=900,506 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Locations of Near Space Network ground stations and Track Data and Relay Satellites.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commercial Ground Stations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>KSAT Singapore \u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 9.1m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200b\u200bKSAT Svalbard, Norway \u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 11.3m\/11.3m\/13m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200bKSAT TrollSat, Antarctica \u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 7.3m\/7.3m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SANSA Hartebeesthoek, South Africa \u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 12m\/10m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSC Kiruna, Sweden \u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 13m\/13m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSC Santiago, Chile \u2014 Supports: S Band \u2014 Assets: 9m\/12m\/13m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSC Space US North Pole, Alaska \u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 5m\/7.3m\/11m\/13m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSC Space US Dongara, Australia \u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 13m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSC Space US South Point, Hawaii \u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 13m\/13m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Government<\/strong> Ground Stations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asf.alaska.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA’s Alaska Satellite Facility, Fairbanks <\/a>\u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 11.3m\/11m\/9.1m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/new-tracking-stations-to-provide-latest-technology-for-sls-orion\">NASA’s Kennedy Uplink Station <\/a>\u2014 Supports: S-band – Assets: 6.1m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/new-tracking-stations-to-provide-latest-technology-for-sls-orion\">NASA’s Ponce de Leon Station<\/a> \u2014 Supports: S-band – Assets: 6.1m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/wallops-range-and-mission-management-office-rmmo\">NASA’s Wallops Ground Station, Virginia<\/a> \u2014 Supports: VHF, S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 11m\/5m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/wstf\/index_new.html\">NASA’s White Sands Ground Station, New Mexico<\/a> \u2014  Supports: VHF, S\/Ka Band \u2014 Assets: 18.3m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/heo\/scan\/images\/history\/February1996.html\">NASA’s White Sand Complex, New Mexico<\/a> \u2014 Supports VHF, S\/Ka Band \u2014 Assets: 11m <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/earth\/features\/mcmurdo-blog.html\">NASA’s McMurdo Ground Station, Antarctica <\/a>\u2014 Supports: S\/X Band \u2014 Assets: 10m\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ospo.noaa.gov\/FCDAS\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station <\/a>(NOAA partnership), Gilmore Creek, Alaska <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksat.no\/\" rel=\"noopener\">KSAT \u2014 Kongsberg Satellite Services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\">NASA \u2014 National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NOAA \u2014 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sansa.org.za\/\" rel=\"noopener\">SANSA \u2014 South African National Space Agency<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sscspace.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">SSC \u2014 Swedish Space Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial Ground Stations Government Ground 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