Tata Communications is Communications Partner for Indian Space Contest Entry

Tata Communications today announced its official association as the communications partner for TeamIndus, India’s only competitor in the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE, the largest international incentivised prize competition aimed at developing low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. The contest is challenging privately funded teams to safely land a spacecraft on the surface of the moon that travels at least 500 meters and transmits high-definition video, images and data back to Earth.

In this partnership, Tata Communications brings its connectivity and prowess in the cloud and data centre services to provide TeamIndus with mission critical communication services. State-of the-art Content Delivery Network (CDN) Solution, Web Hosting and Flight Path Big Data Analytics and Secured Private Network are some of the solutions that are in place to help TeamIndus.

Rahul Narayan, Team Leader, TeamIndus, says, “Tata Communications is our official communications partner and they are literally helping us communicate all the way to the moon and back, which is mission critical in our venture. Their long-range communication expertise and low latency connectivity between ground tracking stations is not only mission-critical but a huge contributor in the future of space exploration.”