The European Data Relay Satellite System – EDRS

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Nov 7, 200800:02:18Science & Medicine

The European Space Agency is developing a network of satellites – the European Data Relay Satellite System – that will use geostationary satellites to communicate with both ground stations and other satellites – whose lo...

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