<s>
HERMES-A/MINOTAUR	B-Architecture
is	O
an	O
Internet-to-Orbit	O
gateway	O
(	O
I2O	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
device	O
capable	O
of	O
routing	O
information	O
between	O
information	O
processing	O
systems	O
in	O
earth	O
orbit	O
and	O
information	O
processing	O
systems	O
(	O
like	O
computers	O
)	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
planetary	O
network	O
(	O
internet	O
)	O
via	O
radio	O
waves	O
or	O
even	O
laser	O
signals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HERMES-A/MINOTAUR	B-Architecture
gateway	O
can	O
operate	O
in	O
5	O
modes	O
,	O
digital	O
and	O
analogical	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
5	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
near	O
miss	O
between	O
an	O
Iridium	O
33	O
debris	O
and	O
the	O
pico	O
satellite	O
Swisscube	O
made	O
evident	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
this	O
kind	O
of	O
devices	O
when	O
the	O
HERMES-A/MINOTAUR	B-Architecture
gateway	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Ecuadorian	O
Air	O
Force	O
and	O
the	O
EPFL	O
team	O
controlling	O
Swisscube	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
satellite	O
signal	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
to	O
monitor	O
if	O
the	O
collision	O
was	O
to	O
happen	O
,	O
due	O
the	O
coordinates	O
of	O
the	O
would-be	O
collision	O
point	O
was	O
under	O
HERMES-A	O
range	O
of	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
