Lunar-OSCAR 94 (a.k.a. LongJiang 2 and DSLWP-B) crashed onto the far side of the Moon on July 31 around 14:08 UTC, ending its very successful amateur radio mission around the Moon.
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2019/longjiang-2-impacts-moon.htm...
73, Nico PA0DLO
On an unrelated note, lunar "residents" were gathering pieces of debris as officials arrived with a small casket. The Lunar News reports it was nothing but a weather balloon.
On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 08:43:46 AM EDT, Nico Janssen via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Lunar-OSCAR 94 (a.k.a. LongJiang 2 and DSLWP-B) crashed onto the far side of the Moon on July 31 around 14:08 UTC, ending its very successful amateur radio mission around the Moon.
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2019/longjiang-2-impacts-moon.htm...
73, Nico PA0DLO
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