How does space x control the spaceship from a distance?

Question

How’s does space x control the burn of the rocket from a distance how does it work what is the distance ? Or tech component they use?

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Answer 1

I actually work on these things (but not space x) so ask away. The rocket is primarily preprogrammed. it knows the mission and knows what to do in different situations. It’ll do things on its own. It does have radios that can be used to talk to the spacecraft. These are still typically not direct control, but do allow ground operators to tell the spacecraft to execute pre defined actions.