Amateur search for dead spy satellite turns up undead NASA mission

“Earlier this week, an amateur radio astronomer named Scott Tilley decided to have a look for the presence of secret military satellites.  Instead, he found an undead NASA mission.  Given the relative costs of launching vs. maintaining contact with a satellite, if IMAGE can still provide useful data, Tilley just may have given NASA scientists a bargain.”

Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/amateur-search-for-dead-spy-satellite-turns-up-undead-nasa-mission/

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