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The article says: "Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb noted, however, that the relay satellite needed to send back information from the far side also conta
by dane-pgp 8y ago
The article says:
"Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb noted, however, that the relay satellite needed to send back information from the far side also contaminates the sky."
Does that mean the international community needs to agree a protocol to establish periods of radio silence for objects on the far side of the moon, and for lunar orbiting satellites, so as not to interfere with future radio astronomy instruments?
- superkuh 8y agoI don't think it is that serious yet but hopefully in time we will need to create ITU region 4, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_Region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_Region . The link back to Earth is relatively narrow beam width and it's doubtful a simple dish/feed setup has significant sidebands and even then at only a couple frequencies (probably ~7-8 GHz and ~2 GHz).