I think you may be confusing the satellites mentioned in the article. The article claims that Transit 5B-5 was nuclear powered, which matches the NASA record. But Scott claims to have identified LES-5 by eclipse times. LES-5 is a completely different bird than Transit 5B-5. Scott found Transit 5B-5 a couple years ago, and he found LES-5 just last month. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:33 PM Joseph B. Fitzgerald via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
Scott actually used an eclipse timing and corresponding loss of carrier to prove to himself that he was detecting that LES-5.
See https://skyriddles.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/the-recovery-of-les-5/
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From: AMSAT-BB [email protected] on behalf of Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 12:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator
On April 24, 2020 11:17:48 AM CDT, Bob Hammond via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/843493304/long-lost-u-s-military-satellite-fo...
Following the rabbit hole down, I think the article might be incorrect about Transit 5B-5's power source.
https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/21144/is-transit-5b-5-a-k-a-oscar-...
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