NASA Figures Out a New Way to Bring Satellite Data Back Down To Earth

NASA may be one of the best at launching all sorts of aircraft into space but bringing the data they gather back down to Earth for analysis can be surprisingly tricky. Currently, a satellite would have to move to be within the range of a dedicated station on the ground to transmit data or simply come back down to Earth. That may change, the space agency announced Wednesday it is beginning testing a portable space communications system from ATLAS Space Operations. More

(Source: Nextgov - Mar 20)