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In recent years, ESA has designed some of the most advanced spacecraft ever built to reach exotic locations such as the Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and the Didymos asteroids – a trend that will continue into the years ahead. As missions voyage further from Earth, it is important to consider how we can continue to communicate with them and how they will navigate through space when they are so far from home.
As part of its purpose to lay the groundwork for ESA’s short- to medium-term future activities, Discovery & Preparation has carried out many investigations to support communication with, and navigation of, ESA missions travelling into deep space.
Find out about more in our dedicated article about deep space communication and navigation.