relay satellite
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The flight will mark the company's third Nova-C lunar landing and will also introduce Altus-1, its first lunar data relay satellite, which will travel alongside the lander.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Because the far side never faces Earth, a relay satellite is a needed to maintain communications.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
This is ICS-EF, a Japanese communications package for sending data between the ISS Kibo module and Mission Control Tsukuba via the Kodama data relay satellite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
“They said, perhaps feeling a little embarrassed, that they wanted to make use of our relay satellite when they make their own mission to the farside of the moon.”
From Scientific American ● Feb. 7, 2019
At the time appointed I sent the wake signal to the relay satellite, which was in stationary orbit about 300 miles over South Karhide.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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