I often wonder, is it is not possible to configure any of these "non-functioning" satellites to suit our needs? I mean we can do an awfull lot with very little. There are alot of "non-functioning" satellites up there. We are a creative bunch and enjoy the challange.
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
---- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford" clintbrad4d@earthlink.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:00:01 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA Kills Ulysses
After 18 years of operation, NASA has switched off Ulysses, the space probe designed to study the properties of solar wind, the heliosphere magnetic field, and the solar radio bursts that can greatly affect our gadgets, telecommunications, and every electronic system here on planet Earth. It was the first object to see and study our Sun's poles.
Read Ulysses Mission Operations Manager Nigel's email message to the Ulysses community ...
Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666
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