From: dmhills{at}attglobal.net (Don Hills)

In article , Adam Flinton
 wrote:
>
>"Every seven hours Spray spends about 15 minutes on the surface to relay
>its position and information about ocean conditions, such as
>temperature, salinity and pressure, via satellite back to Woods Hole,
>Mass., and San Diego"
>
>Can it receive signals as well?

From the article you quoted:

>"        ... are able to communicate with the vehicle via satellite
>during the mission to change course or alter the information it is
>collecting while at sea."

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