Hi all, With all of the recent exchanges about satellite birthdays, history etc. It prompted me to take a look back over some my notes and activities. I came across the final days of the MIR spacecraft and realised that this month ( MARCH ) marks 10 years since the craft was de-orbited and crashed in the south Pacific. On the 23rd March 2001 at approx. 0600 hrs UTC the spacecraft was reported to have made the impact so this month marks the date 10 years on from the end of another past era in space. Cheers Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA
yes, the end of an Era.
In the Mir days, i could fly a ham project to Mir in less than 18 months from theory to Switch on. Now with ARISS/AMSAT, it takes 5-10 years.
It has been a boring past 10 years.
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From: GW1FKY@aol.com GW1FKY@aol.com Subject: [amsat-bb] MIR - Ten years since splashdown To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 3:19 PM Hi all, With all of the recent exchanges about satellite birthdays, history etc. It prompted me to take a look back over some my notes and activities. I came across the final days of the MIR spacecraft and realised that this month ( MARCH ) marks 10 years since the craft was de-orbited and crashed in the south Pacific. On the 23rd March 2001 at approx. 0600 hrs UTC the spacecraft was reported to have made the impact so this month marks the date 10 years on from the end of another past era in space. Cheers Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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