Year 9, Day 276 (Frontier 3 Neidon Probe Lost)

KSEA LogoThe Frontier 3 probe launched to Neidon 6 years ago has stopped transmitting.  KSEA engineers and scientists think that the crafts solar arrays just weren’t sufficient for transmitting that far out.  Just a few weeks ago Frontier 3 was still transmitting at near full strength thanks to the Deep Space Network KSEA has been building, however.

A probe is already on its way to Neidon, Pathfinder 2!

Year 3, Day 120 (Frontier 3 Probe to Neidon Launches)

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Frontier 3, bound for Neidon, is rolled out of the VAB and launched!  Frontier 4 will be done shortly, and will itself head to Urlum!

“These probe launches are expensive!  It’s taking all of our budget to launch them!”
-Jeb

 

“We have to!  The launch windows won’t be ideal for much longer… then we can get back to Mun launches!”
-Orlas

The trip to Neidon is a long one!  The estimated encounter date will be Year 9, Day 270… in nearly 6 years!