Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say

Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Given the distance from China, and assuming it had no satellite communication hardware, are there any other ways data could have transmitted that sort of distance?

    Sincerely wondering/asking

    • dystop@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Yeah that’s a good question. I can’t imagine the plan was for the Chinese to actually physically retrieve the balloon to get the data…

    • jrs100000@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Connect to a cell phone tower on the ground and transmit encrypted file blocks over the Internet.