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Message Boards => Apollo 13 Moments of Interest => Topic started by: SpaceGuyJK on March 09, 2020, 08:10:49 am

Title: 058:26:58 Trying to Activate Parkes Radio Telescope to provide extra comms
Post by: SpaceGuyJK on March 09, 2020, 08:10:49 am

https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=058:26:58&ch=5

NETWORK and PROCEDURES controllers talk about trying to activate the "210" site (that is, the 70-meter-diameter antenna) at the Parkes Radio Telescope in Australia to support 13's low power communications and telemetry.