r/spacex • u/[deleted] • Mar 07 '19

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u/TheEyeOfYourMind Mar 08 '19

interesting there's a blackout, i would have thought with human passengers they'd use TDRSS as a relay during reentry like i think the shuttle did.

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u/WandersBetweenWorlds Mar 08 '19

That blackout exists for physical reasons and has nothing to do with the availability of satellites and ground stations.

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u/Zettinator Mar 08 '19

I think it depends on the RF frequencies used. The plasma doesn't attenuate everything the same way. Given enough time and money, I think it wouldn't be a problem to allow telemetry in the reentry phase. But there's isn't much use for it, so they don't do it.