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A shadow-and-power-meter technique offers a way to navigate lunar orbit as demand strains NASA’s Deep Space Network

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NASA’s Deep Space Network has long supported tracking and communications for deep-space missions, but the volume of requests is rising with the growing number of satellites. The article describes navigating lunar orbit using shadows and power-meter readings, an approach that could provide an alternative to relying solely on ground-based tracking.

Discovered 2026-11-15T05:35:14.778211-08:00 | 2026-11-15T05:35:14.778211-08:00

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  • The Deep Space Network is facing increasing demand as the number of deep-space satellites grows, making navigation approaches that do not depend entirely on its tracking capacity operationally relevant.
  • Using shadows and power-meter readings to navigate lunar orbit points to an alternative technique for missions operating around the Moon.

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