NASA Collaborates to Enable Spectrum-Dependent Science, Exploration, and Innovation   

In our modern wireless world, almost all radio frequency (RF) spectrum bands are shared among multiple users. In some domains, similar users technically coordinate to avoid interference. The spectrum management team, part of NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program, represents the collaborative efforts across U.S. agencies and the international community to protect and enable […]

Management and Regulation Ensure Effective Spectrum Sharing 

Spectrum is a shared resource. Since the discovery of radio waves and the invention of the telegraph, humanity has exponentially increased its use of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum.  Consider how many wireless devices are around you right now.  You’re probably reading this on a smartphone or laptop connected to the internet through Wi-Fi or […]

NASA’s Use of the Radio Frequency Spectrum

As associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate Ken Bowersox puts it, “nothing happens without communications.”   And effective communications require the use of radio waves.   None of NASA’s exciting science and engineering endeavors would be possible without the use of radio waves to send data, communications, and commands between researchers or flight controllers and […]