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Deep Space Station 43 at NASA's Canberra complex, the terrestrial link to spacecraft across the solar system. Photo: NASA.
Field Note

Space Ends on the Ground

Every orbital business eventually reaches an antenna, a control room, a launch range or a regulator on Earth.

By Forerunner Research Desk
Cable Innovator, a ship built to lay and repair undersea cable, docked in Bermuda. Photo: derlandsknecht, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Field Note

The Internet Beneath the Internet

The cloud crosses oceans inside glass fibers laid on the seabed. Its resilience depends on ships, permits and geographic slack.

By Forerunner Research Desk