André Kuipers during the call with Prime Minister Rutte

André Kuipers during a call with Prime Minister Rutte

Seeing ESA astronaut André Kuipers on the International Space Station is a regular occurrence these days. You turn on your TV or check Twitter and there he is. Since there are no cables trailing from the Station to Earth, just how does this happen?

The answer, of course, is via satellite. While the answer may be simple, the process is more complicated.

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