Editing Interplanetary Internet (section)

==Earth orbit==
Earth orbit is sufficiently nearby that conventional protocols can be used. For example, the [[International Space Station]] has been connected to the regular terrestrial Internet since January 22, 2010 when the first unassisted tweet was posted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Astro_TJ/status/8062317551 |title=Twitter post |date=2010-01-22 |access-date=2013-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108225641/https://twitter.com/Astro_TJ/status/8062317551 |archive-date=November 8, 2013 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> However, the space station also serves as a useful platform to develop, experiment, and implement systems that make up the interplanetary Internet. NASA and the [[European Space Agency]] (ESA) have used an experimental version of the interplanetary Internet to control an educational rover, placed at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, from the International Space Station. The experiment used the DTN protocol to demonstrate technology that one day could enable Internet-like communications that can support habitats or infrastructure on another planet.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kraft|first=Rachel|title=NASA, ESA Use Experimental Interplanetary Internet to Test Robot From International Space Station|website=NASA, Release 12-391|date=8 November 2012|quote=The Interplanetary motion is provided in the time duration calculated by the sling velocity which is defined by the planetary movement taking into consideration of the axis of rotation of the planet with respect to that of the sun|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/nov/HQ_12-391_DTN.html|access-date=November 29, 2012|archive-date=June 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615131417/https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/nov/HQ_12-391_DTN.html|url-status=live}}</ref>