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[i]A radio telescope in a paddock near Hobart is playing a crucial role in the journey of the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station (ISS)... They are manning a radio telescope that has a perfect view of the Dragon, which has separated from the space station and begun its journey back to Earth. Professor John Dickey from the University of Tasmania says the radio telescope is moving in an arc as it draws in information from space. "The telescope is tracking the Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station as they move across the sky," he said. "And our radio telescope is taking signals, both video signals and telemetry signals and then we are relaying those to California through the web.[/i]
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