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More of the usual. The ranges are meant to be ideal for the science behind them. Radio has a range of about 1/6 of a light-second on passive, for example.
Nothing groundbreaking here; i can't speak to how plausible the sensor ranges are, but they don't seem unreasonable compared to what the other spacefaring powers can muster.