#BREAKING China's Chang'e-4 probe lands successfully on far side of the moon at 10:26 a.m. BJT Thursday, marking the first ever soft-landing in this uncharted areapic.twitter.com/rTlJ4EzOw2
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How is communication established with the probe? is there a satellite orbiting the moon? Geo-moon „stationary“?
Fun fact, the distance required to have a "geostationary" satellite around the moon would place it inside the Earth! This is because the moon's rotation is tidally locked to the Earth's!
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What about lagrange spots ?
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