{"id":52269,"date":"2023-12-04T18:46:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T10:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/explaining-the-vital-space-to-ground-link-with-sscs-erwin-mercado-2\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T18:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T10:46:36","slug":"explaining-the-vital-space-to-ground-link-with-sscs-erwin-mercado-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/explaining-the-vital-space-to-ground-link-with-sscs-erwin-mercado-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Explaining the Vital Space-to-Ground Link With SSC\u2019s Erwin Mercado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SSC<\/strong>\u2019s mission is: \u201cWe help Earth benefit from Space.\u201d For SSC \u2014 Swedish Space Corporation \u2014 fulfilling that mission involves its extensive ground network that supports launches with real-time TT&amp;C data and communicating with payloads. This episode of On Orbit features a conversation with Erwin Mercado, president and CEO of the company\u2019s U.S. subsidiary, SSC Space US Inc, about the value of space communications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Erwin talks about the company\u2019s rich history in space. Formerly known as Universal Space Network, the company was founded by Pete Conrad, commander of the Apollo 12 mission and third person to walk on the Moon.&nbsp;Erwin shares how the company has built up a portfolio of ground stations around the world to form the link between Earth and space, and how these communications are critical to support space missions. <\/p>\n<p><em>This episode of On Orbit is sponsored by SSC. For more information, visit&nbsp;sscspace.com\/ <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe to On Orbit wherever you listen to podcasts:&nbsp;Apple Podcasts,&nbsp;Amazon Music,&nbsp;Spotify,&nbsp;Soundcloud,&nbsp;and&nbsp;YouTube.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Listen Here:<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Explaining the Vital Space-to-Ground Link With SSC\u2019s Erwin Mercado by On Orbit Podcast by Via Satellite\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1681880259&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=750&amp;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SSC\u2019s mission is: \u201cWe help Earth benefit from Space.\u201d For SSC \u2014 Swedish Space Corporation \u2014 fulfilling that mission involves its extensive ground network that supports launches with real-time TT&amp;C data and communicating with payloads. This episode of On Orbit features a conversation with Erwin Mercado, president and CEO of the company\u2019s U.S. subsidiary, SSC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}