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by andyjohnson0 847 days ago
I'm not the person you replied to, but I assume they meant something like "as a non space agency". Ie how are they tracking the lander? How are they sending and receiving telemetry? What resources did they use for mission planning and site selection?

Perhaps they've built their own comms system for example - maybe even a multi-site one that enables continuous contact - or maybe they're using NASA/ESA/JAXA assets. It would be interesting to know.

I'm not aware of any commercial providers for lunar communications.

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Their website has all that info. They have their own satellites for comms, and lots of other stuff too.

They seem to either own or co-own all of the hardware