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Satellite Celebrates 20 Years Working in Orbit

Posted by michael on from the retirement-age dept.

lloydwood writes "The UoSAT-2/UO-11 small satellite was launched into low Earth orbit on 1 March 1984 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Twenty years later, it's still in orbit and operational -- and we recently found launch footage. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of starting in orbit, the original video celebrating the UoSAT-2 launch is available (in windows media and mpeg). Thrill to the computers, the clothes, and the haircuts of 1984. SSTL has launched more than twenty satellites since."

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  1. pffft ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    20 years ago I was playing Donkey Kong.

  2. opinions needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    well?

  3. Most likely it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...runs UNIX. :-)

  4. My own celebration.... by darth_silliarse · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would like to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of my overclocked and slightly worn Geforce2... should this reach 20 years, to the amusement of relatives, neighbours and the local police I'll do a fairy dance naked in the pissing rain

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