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Space Station Astronauts Gain Internet Access

Posted by kdawson on from the how's-the-latency-up-there dept.

cyclone96 writes "Internet access on the International Space Station went live this morning. The crew now has full browsing capability via a special LAN and the Ku-band data link on the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite network, as described in the NASA press release. Flight Engineer T. J. Creamer used the access to post the first tweet from orbit about 7 hours ago. Previous astronaut tweets had been posted by a third party on the ground via email."

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  1. ISO country code by logophage · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Out of curiosity, is there an ISO country code for low Earth orbit?

    1. Re:ISO country code by amicusNYCL · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I think "HI" or "UP" would be appropriate.

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