#deepspacenetwork

VisualPTT - generated code to test high latency link delivery. Meaningful application where user can record message by keeping AltGr pressed down and on release, message is released as normal file for transport. When received, another end plays it back automatically. Operates fully offline, includes speech-to-text with whisper.cpp and annotates received video message. All this on Debian 13 laptop, without internet connectivity. Check source here: https://github.com/resiliencetheatre/visualptt #offline #preparedness #resilience #space #deepspacenetwork #mesh #manet #tak #atak

"The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) in Robledo de Chavela was evacuated on July 24 due to the wildfires. All personnel are safe following the passage of the fire through the area. [...] Mission operations have been transferred seamlessly to the Goldstone Complex (California). This ensures service continuity and uninterrupted support for spacecraft communications." From the thread https://x.com/intaespana/status/2081035181989773598 (or https://nitter.net/intaespana/status/2081035181989773598 for elophobes) an hour ago, in X auto-translation. #DeepSpaceNetwork

"On July 25, an initial onsite inspection by the NASA Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) emergency response team found wildfire damage primarily to pavement and surrounding vegetation, with no significant structural damage observed to antennas or buildings," writes https://x.com/NASASpox/status/2081114506843881941 now about the Spanish #DeepSpaceNetwork site: "Meanwhile, NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program has seamlessly transitioned mission support to its other Deep Space Communications Complexes in Goldstone, California and Canberra, Australia, ensuring continuity of operations and uninterrupted spacecraft communications."