# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BaH5YkhlXyx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15344852-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-10-11T21:48:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

NASA's AS-3 antenna at the Alaska Satellite Facility, part of the Near Earth Network that provides communication services for orbiting spacecraft. Operation of the NASA-owned communication equipment, consisting of three antennas (AS-1, 2 & 3), is overseen by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks -- a prime polar location for NASA and part of its globally distributing ground-based network. The 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week services provide downlink, uplink and coherent tracking to support launches, early orbits and routine on-orbit operations. 
Learn more about NASA space comm: https://www.nasa.gov/scan

Credits: NASA

#nasa #space #communications #technology #techtuesday #nasatech #scan #alaska

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nasa, alaska, space, communications, techtuesday, nasatech, scan, technology

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