Engineering:Universal Space Network
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Short description: Company offering space services
Universal Space Network, Inc., or USN is an American company specializing in tracking, telemetry, and control of spacecraft. It is a subsidiary of Swedish Space Corporation, with four main sites and cooperative agreements with many others.[1] USN has been used by commercial satellite operations such as Sirius XM Radio[2] and scientific missions both in low Earth orbit (such as GALEX[3]) and in orbit around the Moon (such as Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter[4]). USN has offered a 50% discount for their services for competitors for the Google Lunar X Prize.
External links
- Universal Space Network main site.
- Integrating a Global TT&C Network Paper from USN about integration with other networks.
References
- ↑ "Near Earth Network (NEN) Users' Guide". NASA. 2010. http://esc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/files/453-UG-002905(2).pdf. Chapter 6, Universal Space Network Stations.
- ↑ "Universal Space Network to Provide Commercial Telemetry and Tracking for Sirius Satellite Radio". SpaceRef. 2009. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=2478.
- ↑ "Universal Space Network Commercial Antenna Network Evaluation (CANE) Overview". 2002. http://sunset.usc.edu/gsaw/gsaw2002/s11a/hollister.pdf.
- ↑ Mazarico, E; Goossens, SJ; Lemoine, FG; Neumann, GA; Torrence, MH; Rowlands, DD; Smith, DE; Zuber, MT (2013). "Improved Orbit Determination of Lunar Orbiters with Lunar Gravity Fields Obtained by the GRAIL Mission". 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2013). 1719. pp. 2414. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/pdf/2414.pdf.
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