PExT
PExT Polylingual Experimental Terminal Future Mission Discover Wideband Technology Supporting Commercialization Launching Alongside TRACERS NASA and the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory are testing a first-of-its-kind, in-flight technology demonstration allowing spacecraft to communicate with both government and commercial networks. The demonstration will support NASA as it transitions to using commercial networks for near-Earth space communications. For future NASA missions, wideband technology could provide multi-access points of services, lower latency, and lower communications costs for the agency. Mission Type Technology Demonstration Focus Space Communications Launch NET Late July 2025 Objective Communicate with Government and Commercial Satellites Wideband polylingual terminals enable missions to roam seamlessly between network providers in space using software defined radios, similar to cell phone...