NASA installs VPN to protect Deep Space Network
AT&T will help NASA beef up its Deep Space Network by providing a high-speed VPN to connect giant radio antennas around the world.
"Our technology helps NASA explore the furthest reaches of the known universe," said Mike Leff, an AT&T vice president. "The Deep Space Network is a powerful system for commanding, tracking and monitoring the health and safety of spacecraft at many distant planetary locales."
The new network provides highly secure and reliable communications to transport telemetry data gathered from radio signals from spacecraft.
The Deep Space Network -- made up of a network of large antennas and communication facilities in the United States, Spain, and Australia -- also is used for radar mapping of passing asteroids. The network also sends commands to spacecraft - like the Mars rovers and the New Horizons and Juno probe, both orbiting Jupiter.
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