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7/13/2025, 10:27:54 AM No.510248974
astronomers want somehow to get their own satellite to circle moon, vs circling earth
earth satellites are problematic due to eartsh magnetic field but if a satellite orbits moon sufficiently far away from earth, it can avoid the effect
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/exploration/cosmic-dawn-far-side-moon/
Astronomers are planning to launch a tiny spacecraft to the far side of the Moon to listen out for "ancient whispers" in a quest to uncover the secrets of the early universe. The mission will focus on understanding the 'Cosmic Dawn', a period in the early stages of the universe after the Big Bang but before the first stars and galaxies appeared.
One of the difficulties in studying this period of the universe is that silence is essential. With all the electronics and interference in our atmosphere, Earth becomes too loud, making it unsuitable for this kind of research... Earths own orbit on the other hand has too many satellites already + Earths magnetic field.
The proposed mission will utilise the Moon as a giant shield, blocking out the noise from Earth, in order to observe these signals...
The mission, known as CosmoCube, is a joint study between the UK's University of Portsmouth, University of Cambridge and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space... CosmoCube's radio will operate at low frequencies (10-100MHz), which should hopefully be able to detect extremely faint signals.
The satellite would function "most of the time" when its on far side of the Earth and it would not be operated when its in between Earth and Moon because that's when magnetic field starts to interfere again.
earth satellites are problematic due to eartsh magnetic field but if a satellite orbits moon sufficiently far away from earth, it can avoid the effect
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/exploration/cosmic-dawn-far-side-moon/
Astronomers are planning to launch a tiny spacecraft to the far side of the Moon to listen out for "ancient whispers" in a quest to uncover the secrets of the early universe. The mission will focus on understanding the 'Cosmic Dawn', a period in the early stages of the universe after the Big Bang but before the first stars and galaxies appeared.
One of the difficulties in studying this period of the universe is that silence is essential. With all the electronics and interference in our atmosphere, Earth becomes too loud, making it unsuitable for this kind of research... Earths own orbit on the other hand has too many satellites already + Earths magnetic field.
The proposed mission will utilise the Moon as a giant shield, blocking out the noise from Earth, in order to observe these signals...
The mission, known as CosmoCube, is a joint study between the UK's University of Portsmouth, University of Cambridge and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space... CosmoCube's radio will operate at low frequencies (10-100MHz), which should hopefully be able to detect extremely faint signals.
The satellite would function "most of the time" when its on far side of the Earth and it would not be operated when its in between Earth and Moon because that's when magnetic field starts to interfere again.
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