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Commercial Lunar Network Completed by Intuitive Machines

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Tom Patton
Sep 02, 2022
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Teams from Intuitive Machines and five space antenna ground stations validated the complete commercial lunar network required for Intuitive Machines’ first mission to the Moon, IM-1.

“Completing these exercises with a spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon proves that our network is prepared for our first mission.”

Brian Mader, Intuitive Machines Mission …

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