Question abt the moon rover on the far side
Sorry if off-topic but I have a burning question and thought I'd ask here... So far I haven't come across any info about how the earth stations are communicating with the rover on the far side of the moon. I always assumed that once anything went to the far side, comms was essentially down, plus the far side of the moon always remain the far side. So, is there a "mother-ship" that is acting as a reflector or relay ? Just curious... Thanks, Umesh k6vug
Yes, there's a relay satellite in lunar orbit named Queqiao.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 5:54 PM k6vug@sbcglobal.net k6vug@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Sorry if off-topic but I have a burning question and thought I'd ask here... So far I haven't come across any info about how the earth stations are communicating with the rover on the far side of the moon. I always assumed that once anything went to the far side, comms was essentially down, plus the far side of the moon always remain the far side. So, is there a "mother-ship" that is acting as a reflector or relay ? Just curious... Thanks, Umesh k6vug
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Thanks a bunch. - 73, Umesh
On Saturday, January 26, 2019, 2:56:19 PM PST, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Yes, there's a relay satellite in lunar orbit named Queqiao.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 5:54 PM k6vug@sbcglobal.net k6vug@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Sorry if off-topic but I have a burning question and thought I'd ask here... So far I haven't come across any info about how the earth stations are communicating with the rover on the far side of the moon. I always assumed that once anything went to the far side, comms was essentially down, plus the far side of the moon always remain the far side. So, is there a "mother-ship" that is acting as a reflector or relay ? Just curious... Thanks, Umesh k6vug
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Actually the comsat is in a halo orbit around one of the LaGrange points beyond the moon.
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 6:11 PM k6vug@sbcglobal.net k6vug@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Thanks a bunch.
73, Umesh
On Saturday, January 26, 2019, 2:56:19 PM PST, Paul Stoetzer <
n8hm@arrl.net> wrote:
Yes, there's a relay satellite in lunar orbit named Queqiao.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 5:54 PM k6vug@sbcglobal.net k6vug@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Sorry if off-topic but I have a burning question and thought I'd ask
here...
So far I haven't come across any info about how the earth stations are
communicating with the rover on the far side of the moon. I always assumed that once anything went to the far side, comms was essentially down, plus the far side of the moon always remain the far side. So, is there a "mother-ship" that is acting as a reflector or relay ? Just curious...
Thanks, Umesh k6vug
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From what I remember they parked a relay sat in one of the "L" points.
Joe Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 1/26/2019 4:47 PM, k6vug@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Sorry if off-topic but I have a burning question and thought I'd ask here... So far I haven't come across any info about how the earth stations are communicating with the rover on the far side of the moon. I always assumed that once anything went to the far side, comms was essentially down, plus the far side of the moon always remain the far side. So, is there a "mother-ship" that is acting as a reflector or relay ? Just curious... Thanks, Umesh k6vug
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I was hoping they were using Venus bounce to get the signals back to earth!
73 John AF5CC
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 8:48 PM Joe nss@mwt.net wrote:
From what I remember they parked a relay sat in one of the "L" points.
Joe Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 1/26/2019 4:47 PM, k6vug@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Sorry if off-topic but I have a burning question and thought I'd ask
here...
So far I haven't come across any info about how the earth stations are
communicating with the rover on the far side of the moon. I always assumed that once anything went to the far side, comms was essentially down, plus the far side of the moon always remain the far side. So, is there a "mother-ship" that is acting as a reflector or relay ? Just curious...
Thanks, Umesh k6vug
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The Red Chinese probably have a satellite orbiting the Moonthat relays info to&from. Just a guess. - Bob K8BL On Saturday, January 26, 2019, 8:51:38 PM CST, John Geiger af5cc2@gmail.com wrote:
I was hoping they were using Venus bounce to get the signals back to earth!
73 John AF5CC
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 8:48 PM Joe nss@mwt.net wrote:
From what I remember they parked a relay sat in one of the "L" points.
Joe Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 1/26/2019 4:47 PM, k6vug@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Sorry if off-topic but I have a burning question and thought I'd ask
here...
So far I haven't come across any info about how the earth stations are
communicating with the rover on the far side of the moon. I always assumed that once anything went to the far side, comms was essentially down, plus the far side of the moon always remain the far side. So, is there a "mother-ship" that is acting as a reflector or relay ? Just curious...
Thanks, Umesh k6vug
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