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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: myteaquinn on February 02, 2018, 2341 UTC

Title: NASA lost contact with a satellite 12 years ago. An amateur just found its signa
Post by: myteaquinn on February 02, 2018, 2341 UTC

Interesting read.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-lost-contact-with-a-satellite-12-years-ago-an-amateur-just-found-its-signal/ar-BBIxeGG?li=BBnb7Kz

Title: Re: NASA lost contact with a satellite 12 years ago. An amateur just found its signa
Post by: BoomboxDX on February 03, 2018, 0643 UTC

Would love to know more about the amateur astronomer's equipment, but his blog has no info on it whatsoever. Just that he monitors the 2.2-2.3 GHz range, looking for control telemetry from secret satellites. I'm guessing he uses an SDR and a dish...

Title: Re: NASA lost contact with a satellite 12 years ago. An amateur just found its signa
Post by: Pigmeat on February 03, 2018, 0808 UTC

Well that eliminates Al and I.

When was in my teens and early twenties, I used spotting satellites as a way to pick-up girls at the weekly keggers out in the country. If you knew where NNW was you could spot the brighter ones heading across the sky to the S.E. I was stunned when I pointed one out and girls were interested. It was a real airhead eliminator.

Odd that girls that age seemed to be impressed with guy whose set of skills went beyond, "Hold my beer and watch this!"?

Title: Re: NASA lost contact with a satellite 12 years ago. An amateur just found its signa
Post by: WA4FHY on February 03, 2018, 1957 UTC

You might want to give these links a try:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-image-confirmed
and
https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2018/01/28/long-dead-nasa-spacecraft-wakes-up/
and
https://twitter.com/cgbassa?lang=en