An ESA satellite, EDRS-C, has now completed its in-orbit commissioning review and is ready to start service, as part of the European Data Relay System (EDRS). This system, dubbed the “SpaceDataHighway”, helps Earth-observing satellites to transmit large quantities of potentially life-saving data to Europe in near-real time. EDRS-C is the second operational node of the ...

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