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Re:NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space ... by ceejayoz on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:17AM (#37336703)
Those CubeSats were a deep-space mission. Out near the Moon.

The TDRSS is separate from DSN. Expanding low-orbit options won't do anything to help here.

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Re:NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space ... by JCharante on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:12AM (#37337430)
I didn’t realize Cubesats could go that far. That’s really great.
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Re:NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space ... by PaulGaspardo on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:20AM (#37337569)
CubeSats have gone all the way to Mars even

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Cube_One

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Re:NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space ... by dotnet00 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:23AM (#37337620)
Cubesats have been out as far as Mars. There were two which hitched a ride along Perseverance and deployed prior to Mars entry to serve as relays and collect data on the entry, descent and landing phases of the mission.
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