Plan to revive 1970s UK satellite

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laresTue 06/09/11 20:39		"A group of scientists and engineers is working on an ambitious project to revive a unique UK satellite - still in orbit after almost 40 years. When the Prospero spacecraft was launched atop a Black Arrow rocket on 28 October 1971, it marked the end of an era. A very short era. Prospero was the first UK satellite to be launched on a UK launch vehicle; it would also be the last. Ministers had cancelled the rocket project in the run up to the flight. However, as the Black Arrow was ready, the programme team decided to go-ahead anyway. Prospero was blasted into orbit from the remote Woomera base in the Australian desert. It turns out, the satellite is still up there. Carrying a series of experiments to investigate the effects of the space environment, the satellite operated successfully until 1973 and was contacted annually until 1996. Now, a team led by PhD student Roger Duthie from University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey is hoping to re-establish communications in time for the satellite's 40th anniversary." http://1sq.me/rrqKUK
philnTue 06/09/11 20:46		I wonder what they're going to say to it?
#65169Tue 06/09/11 20:48		i saw that yesterday.
laresTue 06/09/11 20:49		quoting > "i saw that yesterday." It must have come particularly low - even if it was a clear night!
#65169Wed 07/09/11 21:58		lol, i meant the news about the 1970s UK satelite.

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