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Are there any plans to place a telescope satellites on the far side of the Sun at the L3 Lagrange point?

I think it would be useful for a number of reasons. It would cover our blind spot for incoming meteors and open our chances of seeing some rare astronomical events like supernovae that may be obscured from our Earth viewpoint. It would also provide a wide baseline for more accurate parallax measurements of distances to astronomical objects as well as for experiments studying GR effects like frame dragging.

I am pretty sure that communicating with said satellite may be a problem due to having the Sun in the line of sight, but maybe this issue can be overcome by having additional telescope satellites at the L4 and L5 Lagrange points that could provide a communication link to and from the L3 telescope, while providing additional coverage. With the additional telescopes there is also the potential to effectively have a large version of the LIGO experiment for measuring gravitational waves. The communication links between the telescopes could also provide a useful communication hub for future space missions and probes that may end up on the far side of the Sun. The telescopes would not have to be as fancy or as expensive as the Hubble or James Webb space telescopes to provide significant benefits.

Are there any plans to place a telescope satellites on the far side of the Sun at the L3 Lagrange point?

I think it would be useful for a number of reasons. It would cover our blind spot for incoming meteors and open our chances of seeing some rare astronomical events like supernovae that may be obscured from our Earth viewpoint. It would also provide a wide baseline for more accurate parallax measurements of distances to astronomical objects as well as for experiments studying GR effects like frame dragging.

I am pretty sure that communicating with said satellite may be a problem due to having the Sun in the line of sight, but maybe this issue can be overcome by having additional telescope satellites at the L4 and L5 Lagrange points that could provide a communication link to and from the L3 telescope, while providing additional coverage. With the additional telescopes there is also the potential to effectively have a large version of the LIGO experiment for measuring gravitational waves. The telescopes would not have to be as fancy or as expensive as the Hubble or James Webb space telescopes to provide significant benefits.

Are there any plans to place a telescope satellites on the far side of the Sun at the L3 Lagrange point?

I think it would be useful for a number of reasons. It would cover our blind spot for incoming meteors and open our chances of seeing some rare astronomical events like supernovae that may be obscured from our Earth viewpoint. It would also provide a wide baseline for more accurate parallax measurements of distances to astronomical objects as well as for experiments studying GR effects like frame dragging.

I am pretty sure that communicating with said satellite may be a problem due to having the Sun in the line of sight, but maybe this issue can be overcome by having additional telescope satellites at the L4 and L5 Lagrange points that could provide a communication link to and from the L3 telescope, while providing additional coverage. With the additional telescopes there is also the potential to effectively have a large version of the LIGO experiment for measuring gravitational waves. The communication links between the telescopes could also provide a useful communication hub for future space missions and probes that may end up on the far side of the Sun. The telescopes would not have to be as fancy or as expensive as the Hubble or James Webb space telescopes to provide significant benefits.

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Worthwhile to put a telescope on the far side of the Sun?

Are there any plans to place a telescope satellites on the far side of the Sun at the L3 Lagrange point?

I think it would be useful for a number of reasons. It would cover our blind spot for incoming meteors and open our chances of seeing some rare astronomical events like supernovae that may be obscured from our Earth viewpoint. It would also provide a wide baseline for more accurate parallax measurements of distances to astronomical objects as well as for experiments studying GR effects like frame dragging.

I am pretty sure that communicating with said satellite may be a problem due to having the Sun in the line of sight, but maybe this issue can be overcome by having additional telescope satellites at the L4 and L5 Lagrange points that could provide a communication link to and from the L3 telescope, while providing additional coverage. With the additional telescopes there is also the potential to effectively have a large version of the LIGO experiment for measuring gravitational waves. The telescopes would not have to be as fancy or as expensive as the Hubble or James Webb space telescopes to provide significant benefits.