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AMSAT OSCAR 40 Sends Earth Photo
An Anonymous Coward sent in: "Some of you might remember, that the Phase 3-D Amateur satellite "AMSAT OSCAR 40", launched in November 2000 by an ARIANE 5, was almost dead after an accident with it's 400N propulsion system... However, the satellite survived and is pretty alive. Today it sent spectacular pictures from its color camera to earth from a distance of about 50.000km using the wide angle camera. The satellite provides also excellent communication on 2.4 GHz (S-Band) for radio amateurs worldwide. Pictures and status information can be found here and also here."
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2001/08/10/4/