NASCOM

The NASA (Ground) Communications System (NASCOM) manages terrestrial communications between ground stations, mission control centers, and other elements of spacecraft ground segments. Established in 1964, NASCOM provides worldwide, near real-time, transmission of commands, telemetry, voice, and television signals. It is managed out of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

This article is about the NASA network. For the computer kits, see Nascom.

The NASCOM network comprises microwave links, undersea communications cables, land lines, and network centers at Goddard and around the world.

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