"Southern Launch is using its TALON telemetry dish at the Koonibba Test Range site, in the state's remote far west, to keep tabs on Orion decades after Australia's famous 1969 effort."
"'The sound of an emergency services vehicle's siren is different when it comes towards you compared to when it's going away from you,' Mr Damp told AAP on Thursday, explaining the signal."
"'We can work out how fast the spacecraft is going exactly the same sort of way.'"
"'So it's a very exciting day for us today, we're supporting Artemis II and contributing to a new chapter in lunar exploration.'"
Australia is contributing to NASA's Artemis II mission, utilizing a South Australian telemetry dish to track the Orion spacecraft. This mission follows Australia's involvement in the 1969 moon landing. Southern Launch, based in South Australia, is monitoring Orion's 10-day mission using its TALON dish. The dish calculates the spacecraft's speed through the Doppler signal, similar to how emergency vehicle sirens change sound as they approach or recede. Artemis II aims to test systems for future lunar landings, marking a significant moment for Australia in space exploration.
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