{"id":53100,"date":"2023-07-14T21:58:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T13:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/goonhilly-to-support-india-and-us-lunar-missions\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T21:58:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T13:58:58","slug":"goonhilly-to-support-india-and-us-lunar-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/goonhilly-to-support-india-and-us-lunar-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Goonhilly to Support India and US Lunar Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Goonhilly Earth Station<\/strong> will support three upcoming lunar and deep space missions with organizations in India and the U.S., as it looks to showcase its capabilities as a commercial deep space ground station. The company announced this support, July 14. The company has looked to forge partnerships with international space agencies to advance space exploration and the lunar economy.<\/p>\n<p>The first two missions will be undertaken by ISRO, and are looking to revolutionize our understanding of celestial bodies. For the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander mission which launched on July 13, Goonhilly and the European Space Agency (ESA) will provide key support during the cruise, lunar orbit, and on-surface operations phases.&nbsp;Goonhilly\u2019s involvement with the Aditya-L1 solar observatory mission will also encompass vital assistance during the cruise and operations phases.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside these two missions with ISRO, the company will also be involved with supporting Texas-based Intuitive Machines\u2019 first mission to the Moon, IM-1, which aims to be the world\u2019s first commercial lunar landing. Goonhilly will extend its expertise during the cruise, lunar orbit, and on-surface operations. Goonhilly has already been part of validating the lunar telemetry and tracking capabilities \u2014 the complete lunar communications solution required for this mission \u2014 by successfully acquiring and tracking NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) in an exercise with Intuitive Machines personnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe collaborations with ISRO, ESA, and Intuitive Machines exemplify our commitment to advancing space exploration and facilitating global scientific achievements. As we witness an unprecedented surge in space missions and the emergence of new players in the market, Goonhilly is proud to provide the critical communications capacity needed to support this new era of space exploration. Our international expansion reinforces our dedication to meeting the growing demands of the space industry and underscores our role as pioneers in space commercialisation,\u201d Matt Cosby, CTO of Goonhilly Earth Station, said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goonhilly Earth Station will support three upcoming lunar and deep space missions with organizations in India and the U.S., as it looks to showcase its capabilities as a commercial deep space ground station. The company announced this support, July 14. The company has looked to forge partnerships with international space agencies to advance space exploration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-53100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53100"}],"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=53100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}