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British Columbia Radio Amateur Hears Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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According to a Spaceweather.com report, Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, in British Columbia, Canada, received a signal from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), flying just 274 kilometers (about 170 miles) above the red planet’s surface. The signal was an X-band carrier containing no data or telemetry.


“Its purpose is to allow for Doppler tracking,” Tilley explained. “The rapid change in pitch of ...

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