near-Earth space station

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• Near Earth Network — The Near Earth Network (NEN, formerly GN or Ground Network) provides orbital communications support for Near Earth orbiting customer platforms via various NASA ground stations. NASA s NEN consists of ground stations in: Merritt Island Launch… …   Wikipedia

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• Space exploration — is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. [cite web | url = http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space ex/exploration.html | title = How Space is Explored | publisher = NASA] Physical exploration of space is conducted …   Wikipedia