Radio Telescope Tracks Artemis 2’s Moon Orbit With Unprecedented Precision
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A Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia tracked NASA’s Artemis 2 spacecraft as it circled the Moon for five days, recording its position and velocity from more than 200,000 miles away with precision within about 0.2 millimeters per second of NASA projections, highlighting how radio astronomy enables ultra-precise, real-time space-tracking for future missions.
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