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Subject: [ISN] Cash, IT security threaten NASA Deep Space Network operation
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2015-03-27 11:27:02
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1503271126520.11361 () infosecnews ! org
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http://www.networkworld.com/article/2902506/security0/cash-it-security-threaten-nasa-deep-space-network-operation.html
By Michael Cooney
Layer 8
Network World
March 26, 2015
Money needed for upgrades to older equipment and IT security issues
continue to drag on NASA, according to a report issued this week by the
space agency's Office of Inspector General.
The report focuses on NASA's Deep Space Network, which through variety of
antennas and transmitters at communications complexes in three locations:
Goldstone, California; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia provides
space missions with the tracking, telemetry, and command services required
to control and maintain spacecraft and transmit science data. NASA's
international partners also use the Deep Space Net.
> From the OIG report: "Much of DSN's hardware is more than 30 years old,
costly to maintain, and requires modernization and expansion to ensure
continued service for existing and planned missions. Although DSN is
meeting its current operational commitments, budget reductions have
challenged the Network's ability to maintain these performance levels and
threaten its future reliability. Specifically, in FY 2009 the Network
implemented a plan to achieve $226.9 million in savings over 10 years and
use most of that savings to build new antennas and transmitters. However,
in FY 2013 the NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program
cut the Network's budget by $101.3 million, causing DSN to delay upgrades,
close antennas, and cancel or re-plan tasks.
[...]
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