Universal_Space_Network

Universal Space Network

Universal Space Network

Company offering space services

Universal Space Network, Inc., or USN is an American company specializing in tracking, telemetry, and control of spacecraft. It is a subsidiary of Swedish Space Corporation, with four main sites and cooperative agreements with many others.[1] USN has been used by commercial satellite operations such as Sirius XM Radio[2] and scientific missions both in low Earth orbit (such as GALEX[3]) and in orbit around the Moon (such as Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter[4]). USN has offered a 50% discount for their services for competitors for the Google Lunar X Prize.

References

  1. [1]
    "Near Earth Network (NEN) Users' Guide" (PDF). NASA. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Chapter 6, Universal Space Network Stations.
  2. [2]
    "Universal Space Network to Provide Commercial Telemetry and Tracking for Sirius Satellite Radio". SpaceRef. 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Universal Space Network Commercial Antenna Network Evaluation (CANE) Overview" (PDF). 2002.
  4. [4]
    Mazarico, E; Goossens, SJ; Lemoine, FG; Neumann, GA; Torrence, MH; Rowlands, DD; et al. (2013). Improved Orbit Determination of Lunar Orbiters with Lunar Gravity Fields Obtained by the GRAIL Mission (PDF). 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2013). Vol. 1719. p. 2414.
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