The Upgrade To The ESA Columbus Laboratory Will Relay Data From Experiments On The Station Back To Earth Almost Instantaneously
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station plan to install a high-speed radio link to enable almost real-time connections with Earth. The device will send signals from the Station, which orbits at an altitude of 250 miles above Earth, even further into space, where they will be picked up by European satellites in geostationary orbit 22,000 miles above the surface.
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