ESA Plans Navigation, Communications Satellites For Moon Missions

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The Moonlight Lunar Communications and Navigation Services program is a core feature to provide the technical infrastructure to enable lunar exploration.

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MILAN—The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to deploy critical navigation and communications architecture to support future Moon missions. The Moonlight program encompasses four navigation satellites and one for communications, all connected to Earth using a network of three dedicated ground...
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Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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