@RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 16 days agoThe AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7) amateur radio satellite was launched in 1974, expected to last 5 years, but a battery failure meant it had to run off of its solar panels. It's still operating.hackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10cross-posted to: astronomy@mander.xyzhackaday@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkThe AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7) amateur radio satellite was launched in 1974, expected to last 5 years, but a battery failure meant it had to run off of its solar panels. It's still operating.hackaday.com@RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 16 days agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: astronomy@mander.xyzhackaday@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareAbstractedlinkfedilinkEnglish1•16 days agoThis is awesome! With all the bad news permeating the interwebs lately, this makes me happy for some reason…
This is awesome! With all the bad news permeating the interwebs lately, this makes me happy for some reason…