[amsat-bb] Sputnik

[tjschuessler at verizon.net]

The site where, at least a part of the satellite came down to earth after
reentry is in the middle of a street in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  There is a
marker on the sidewalk and a circle in the middle of the street where a
piece of it came down.  They even have a festival every September.  I was
back in Wisconsin in August and saw it mentioned on roadsideamerica.com so
had to stop by.

Tom, N5HYP

-----Original Message-----
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:21:24 -0700
From: Richard Tejera <Saguaroastro at cox.net>
To: wa7dxz <wa7dxz at aol.com>, 'AMSAT' <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sputnik
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According to Wikipedia:

Last contact26 October 1957[4]Decay date4 January 1958

Rick Tejera K7TEJ
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.SaguaroAstro.org
Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club
www.w7tbc.org

On October 4, 2018, at 22:23, wa7dxz via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:


How long was Sputnik in orbit, and for how long was the signal on the
air?Bobwa7dxz


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