Tag: Ku
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ISS gets communications overhaul to boost scientific output
The International Space Station (ISS) has been undergoing an extensive internal communications hardware overhaul over the past week, designed to greatly boost the orbiting laboratory’s capacity for transmitting experiment data to Earth. The modifications will allow for increased scientific output from the station, which has up until now been running at maximum capacity for data…
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STS-131: FD2 inspections completed smoothly despite lack of KU capability
Veteran orbiter Discovery is closing in on the end of Flight Day 2 on orbit, following her launch at the first attempt on Monday morning, kicking off the STS-131 mission. Inspections of Discovery’s Reinforced Carbon Carbon (RCC) and other parts of her Thermal Protection System (TPS) have been completed, although footage of the surveys won’t…