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NSGDatacom's Netrix 2210 voice/data gateway played a crucial part in the launch of the European Space Agency's Rosetta cometary probe

March 24, 2004

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CHANTILLY, Va. -- NSGDatacom is pleased to announce that the Netrix 2210 voice/data gateway played a crucial part in the successful launch of the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta cometary probe on March 2, 2004.

The Netrix 2210 carried mission critical voice and data traffic between the launch site in Kourou, Guyana (both as part of the probe ground equipment near the launch pad and in the ESA antenna tracking station, Kourou Diane), the Deep Space Tracking Station in New Norcia, Australia and the control center in Darmstadt, Germany. As the Rosetta mission progresses, the equipment will be used in both terrestrial ground station communications and spacecraft control operations.

The ESA probe will reach the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, after completing a complex maneuver that includes three orbits around the Earth, and one around Mars.

For more than ten years, ESA has utilized the Netrix 2210 bandwidth-efficient, high quality voice product and fault tolerant Netrix multi-protocol switches to support mission critical command and control applications. The Netrix family of products have repeatedly proven their ability to transfer critical data necessary to achieve mission success.

Rich Yalen, CEO of NSG, said that he is, "pleased with our continued success with the European Space Agency program and looking forward to an ongoing relationship."

NSGDatacom Inc.

European Space Agency

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