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Wasted bandwidth? The DSN supports all of our inter-planetary spacecraft, not just this one.
by greglindahl 8y ago
Wasted bandwidth? The DSN supports all of our inter-planetary spacecraft, not just this one.
- gizmo686 8y agoHow many other time critical communications did they have going on at the time. I assume the new horizon team was given all the DSN time they wanted during this.
- greglindahl 8y agoSo you think the DSN was idle for 9 hours while they waited for the known speed of light delay? That's not how the DSN is scheduled. The only way that the DSN wastes bandwidth is when they retransmit something that was actually received correctly. New Horizons would never ask for time that was unnecessary.