A satellite sent to explore distant will send a probe into a planet’s atmosphere. On entering the planet’s atmosphere and until it is destroyed three hours later by heat, the probe will transmit back to the satellite an uninterrupted stream of data, which the satellite will retransmit to Earth. The data will take an hour to reach Earth from the satellite. Therefore, because the satellite will not transmit data while receiving data, ___________.
Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the argument?

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Correct Answer is :  scientists on Earth will not have access to the data from the probe for at least four hours after the probe enters the planet’s atmosphere

GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 7