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BevelGear@beehaw.org to Space@beehaw.org · 2 months ago

NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon

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NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon

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BevelGear@beehaw.org to Space@beehaw.org · 2 months ago
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NASA Successfully Acquires GPS Signals on Moon  - NASA
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NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3 when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire
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  • Flamangoman@leminal.space
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    Wouldn’t these technically be LPS signals? 🤔

    • Sonori@beehaw.org
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      Is the moon not a globe?

      • TehPers@beehaw.org
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        My understanding is that they’re using the GPS satellites from Earth. From the moon’s perspective, Earth is like a moon (sort of-ish).

  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    and achieved a navigation fix

    I set low expectations when I saw the headline, but that means they saw at least 4 GNSS sats at once, which is pretty big step forward.

  • The Doctor@beehaw.org
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    You’re welcome. :)

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