From asato@kiae.su Mon Sep 16 10:20:29 1996
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From: asato@kiae.su (Astrid Sato)
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Subject: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:20:29 GMT
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Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed.

In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP.
One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites?

When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate?

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Astrid Sato
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From bandersson@kth.se Wed Sep 18 03:45:29 1996
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From: bandersson@kth.se (Brian Andersson)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again
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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 03:45:29 GMT
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In article <1996Sep16.102029.8921@kiae.su>, asato@kiae.su (Astrid Sato) writes:
> Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed.
> In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP.

Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit!

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Brian Andersson
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
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