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I'm writing a story that takes place at about 200 AU from Sol - it's outside the heliosheath, where solar wind and interstellar wind meet. We haven't managed to send any spacecraft that far out yet, though Voyager 1 and 2 will get almost that far before they run out of thruster fuel and energy in 2020 or so.
I'm not clear on how much difficulty there would be in communicating with Earth from this location - not simply the considerable distance, but the termination shock or bow shock (where solar wind and interstellar wind collide) which produce a low-frequency signal that's been estimated at 10 trillion watts.
So, any ideas what difficulties there would be in communicating from this location to Earth, assuming average solar activity (no unusual sunspot activity or solar storms)?
Stray Catalyst
I'm not clear on how much difficulty there would be in communicating with Earth from this location - not simply the considerable distance, but the termination shock or bow shock (where solar wind and interstellar wind collide) which produce a low-frequency signal that's been estimated at 10 trillion watts.
So, any ideas what difficulties there would be in communicating from this location to Earth, assuming average solar activity (no unusual sunspot activity or solar storms)?
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