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

[Mark D. Johns]

I think you may be confusing the satellites mentioned in the article.
The article claims that Transit 5B-5 was nuclear powered, which
matches the NASA record. But Scott claims to have identified LES-5 by
eclipse times. LES-5 is a completely different bird than Transit 5B-5.
Scott found Transit 5B-5 a couple years ago, and he found LES-5 just
last month.
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On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:33 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/
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> de KM1P
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> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> on behalf of Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 12:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By 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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