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Right. No satellite. The transmission was straight from the Moon's surface to ground stations on Earth. Read all about it:
So, c'mon science types, please tell me how this was possible in 69? They had no super powered satellite broadcast on the lander or on the moon?
The timings are questionable for the technology at the time.