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Space Audity: The challenges of space communication

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The International Space Station uses radio frequency to communicate with Earth. Astronauts use what's called space-to-ground loops, which bounce off of satellites in order for it to get transmitted down. When communication from a space mission reaches ground control, it's Alexandria and her colleagues who broadcast the audio to the public.

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