Putting satellites around the Moon is hard, and not just because it's far away. The Moon's gravitational field is wildly uneven [0] which causes a satellite's o

Putting satellites around the Moon is hard, and not just because it's far away. The Moon's gravitational field is wildly uneven [0] which causes a satellite's orbit to decay within a few days if it's in low lunar orbit. The fixes are to fly the satellite high, give the satellite plenty of onboard fuel for orbital corrections, and map the anomalies precisely so you can mostly avoid them. Of course every gram of fuel you add to the satellite makes it that much harder to get it to the Moon in the first place. It's a difficult problem. And that's before you start talking about communications latency. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation_of_the_Moon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation_of_the_Moon