The NearEarthNetwork (NEN, formerly GN or Ground Network) provides orbital communications support for near-Earth orbiting customer platforms via various
and nearEarth use, defines "deep space" to start at a distance of 2 million km (1.2 million mi) from the Earth's surface. The NASA Deep Space Network can
A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body orbiting the Sun whose closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is less than 1.3 times the Earth–Sun
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though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) which includes stations