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OSCAR 7 is Alive

Posted by timothy on from the greatly-exaggerated dept.

AB3A writes :"Originally launched November 15, 1974, OSCAR 7 was long thought to be dead from natural causes (radiation, battery failure, space junk, etc.). However, AMSAT reports that it has recently been heard on the air! This probably isn't a record, but it does rank right up there with spacecraft such as Pioneer. I wonder how many other satellites out there have been given up for dead but are still functional at some reduced capacity?"

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  1. hijacking sats... by thorgil · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    by the way...

    when do they calculate a satelite as "dead".
    when loosing contact?

    So if someone hijacks a satelite (with a satelite dish, a radio transmitter and a powerful computer)

    How do the owners know if it was hacked or killed?

    Maybe there are some old but alive hacked sats out there......
    ..... Maybe I CONTROL THEM... MUhuhahhahaa...

    free cable anyone?

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