Long retired satellite falls

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
Ever see a map of all the satellites in orbit? Wonder how much sun is not reaching the earth?

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Rommey

Well-Known Member
glhs837 said:
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? 151105
 

Sneakers

Just sneakin' around....
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.
 

GURPS

INGSOC
PREMO Member
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
 
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