India, Oct. 21 -- Two NASA funded commercial satellites have been have successfully launched into low Earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Bandwagon-5 rideshare for demonstration.
NASA said that over the coming weeks, both spacecraft will showcase advanced satellite communications capabilities designed to support the U.S. space agency's science missions.
After Tuesday's launch, two of NASA's partners, Viasat and SES Space and Defense, will prepare to test high- and low-rate communications capabilities for the agency.
Spacecraft often need to send and receive different kinds of information as they travel through space for missions. NASA uses high-rate data links to transmit large amounts of information, like scientific discoveries and 4K imagery...