[amsat-bb] Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator

Fri Apr 24 17:20:22 UTC 2020

Scott actually used an eclipse timing and corresponding loss of carrier to prove to himself that he was detecting that LES-5.

See https://skyriddles.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/the-recovery-of-les-5/

de KM1P

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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur      Radio   Operator

On April 24, 2020 11:17:48 AM CDT, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/843493304/long-lost-u-s-military-satellite-found-by-amateur-radio-operator
>

Following the rabbit hole down, I think the article might be incorrect about Transit 5B-5's power source.

https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/21144/is-transit-5b-5-a-k-a-oscar-2-really-still-kind-of-active

--- Zach
N0ZGO
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