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

[Michael Walker]

That looks like VE7TIL.

Mike va3mw


On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 1:34 PM Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> 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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> via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
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> Amateur      Radio   Operator
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> 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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