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The European Data Relay System
The European Data Relay System
The European Data Relay System
In the artist's impression, earth observation data from satellites in the Copernicus programme is transmitted to earth using EDRS. Thanks to the "Laser Communication Terminals" (LCT), the EDRS system is able to transmit data at very high speed.
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