Wait a minute! The moon is probably 4 to 4.5 billion years old, and is still operational ;-)
Tom
On Nov 4, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Tony Langdon vk3jed@gmail.com wrote:
At 03:43 AM 11/5/2010, Chris Bloy wrote:
Hi Robert,
Non-working Amateur Satellite still in-orbit? (AO-13?)
Oscar III...then Oscar V...Oscar V has no chance of coming back to life, it
was battery powered.. III? I dont think that there were enough solar cells on it to actually power the bird, but I could be >wrong. I do listen for it.
As I said in my last message, I'd have to check. ;)
Non-working commercial sat? Vanguard-1?
Yes. Technically the rocket body is older but that is the oldest in orbit
Technically the R/B isn't a satellite??
The R/B _is_ a satellite if it's in orbit around the Earth, and it's non functional - it became non functional when it finished its job of putting the satellite into its orbit. :)
"The record holder appears to be ATS-3 still nominally operational after an amazing 41 years!"
That's impressive!
That's a record we want AO-7 to break isn't it?
Would be nice. :)
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
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