Long retired satellite falls

[PeoplesElbow]

This thing was retired before I was born, before my parents got married.

Vintage NASA satellite falls to Earth, meets fiery doom after 56 years in space

RIP, OGO-1 satellite. You've had a long trip since 1964.

www.space.com

 

[glhs837]

And that's why a deorbit plan is a Great Idea.

 

[Sneakers]

Ever see a map of all the satellites in orbit? Wonder how much sun is not reaching the earth?

 

[glhs837]

Ever see a map of all the satellites in orbit? Wonder how much sun is not reaching the earth?

View attachment 151101

Obviously still to much. Need us some shadow squares. I do think we'll eventually have some autonomous trash scrapers just cleaning this mess up. Maybe send it all to Lagrange points to be recycled.

 

[Rommey]

I do think we'll eventually have some autonomous trash scrapers just cleaning this mess up. Maybe send it all to Lagrange points to be recycled.

You mean something like this?

 

[Gilligan]

Ever see a map of all the satellites in orbit? Wonder how much sun is not reaching the earth?

View attachment 151101

I could prolly hit some of those from here....

 

[glhs837]

You mean something like this? View attachment 151105

Less tread, more boosters, but yeah...

 

[Sneakers]

I do think we'll eventually have some autonomous trash scrapers just cleaning this mess up.

I would think so. Lots of available resource up there, rare metals, nuc power... collect the reusable stuff, drop the rest into the atmosphere to burn up. So basically, a recycling center in space.

 

[Sneakers]

I could prolly hit some of those from here....

I'd like to try some night... Whatcha got to launch?

 

[GURPS]

AO-7

AO-7 became non-operational in mid 1981 due to battery failure . In 2002 one of the shorted batteries became an open circuilt and now the spacecraft is able to run off solar panels. For this reason it is not usable in eclipse and may not be able to supply enough power to the transmitter to keep from frequency modulating the signal. When continuously illuminated, the mode will alternate between A and B every 24 hours.

Mode V/A (A) Linear Transponder (Non-Inverting):

Uplink: 145.8500 – 145.9500 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 29.4000 – 29.5000 MHz SSB/CW

Mode V/A (A) TLM Beacon:
Downlink 29.5020 MHz CW

Mode U/V (B) Linear Transponder (Inverting):

Uplink: 432.1250 – 432.1750 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 145.9750 – 145.9250 MHz SSB/CW