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Note that the craft can't take pictures and send data at the same time, so it only sends back a few navigation images and only periodically, fewer now as they'r
by magicalist 11y ago
Note that the craft can't take pictures and send data at the same time, so it only sends back a few navigation images and only periodically, fewer now as they're doing more science as it gets closer. It also takes up to 4 or 5 hours to transmit the images (I think they're down to ~1 kbps now). The last few seem to have been posted within less than a day of the team receiving them.
You can see the transmission schedule here: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/06240556-what-to-expect-new-horizons-pluto.html?referrer=https://news.ycombinator.com/ http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/0624055... (images to be posted on the raw image page are in bold)