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> There are many shutdown Satellite’s who apparently having a life of their own varying from Military, Navigation, Experimental, Weather, and also Amateur ones.

> There are many shutdown Satellite’s who apparently having a life of their own varying from Military, Navigation, Experimental, Weather, and also Amateur ones. Wait, there are amateur satellites?

ttty 12y ago
Hahah, will they fall in our heads some day?
emiliobumachar 12y ago
My interpretation is that there are amateurs who hack into these shutdown sattelites that come back to activity.
LeonM 12y ago
Yes, there are, most of them are from universities, like this one: http://www.tudelft.nl/en/current/latest-news/article/detail/tu-delft-lanceert-satelliet-delfi-n3xt/ http://www.tudelft.nl/en/current/latest-news/article/detail/... Also some hard-core HAM operator clubs are known to have launched their own amateur satellites
- blueintegral 12y ago
  There's actually a whole organization dedicated to launched amateur radio satellites: http://www.amsat.org/ http://www.amsat.org/
- kartikkumar 12y ago
  My Alma Mater :) There are A LOT of university small-sats out there now, and I know at least a dozen teams personally. University-based satellites provide a fantastic educational tool for students, so they'll also be a (small) part of the landscape.
wglb 12y ago
Yes, starting in 1961: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR#OSCAR_1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR#OSCAR_1 For a very active organization, check out http://www.amsat.org/ http://www.amsat.org/
w8rbt 12y ago
Much of modern satellite comm technology came from amateur radio experiments. Have you heard of OSCAR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR "Throughout the years OSCAR satellites have helped make breakthroughs in the science of satellite communications.... Most of the components for OSCAR 10 were "off the shelf" and tested by group members. Jan King led the project. Solar cells were bought in batches of 10 or 20 from Radio Shack..." Also, OSCAR 1 was just four years after Sputnik (the first artificial earth satellite). Many Ham radio enthusiasts, from all over the world, are hard-core engineers.
jdsnape 12y ago
If you're interested, some friends of mine at work launched one last year http://funcube.org.uk/ http://funcube.org.uk/
jdsnape 12y ago
If you're interested, some friends of mine at work launched one last year http://funcube.org.uk/ http://funcube.org.uk/

> There are many shutdown Satellite’s who apparently having a life of their own varying from Military, Navigation, Experimental, Weather, and also Amateur ones. Wait, there are amateur satellites?

ttty 12y ago

Hahah, will they fall in our heads some day?

emiliobumachar 12y ago

My interpretation is that there are amateurs who hack into these shutdown sattelites that come back to activity.

LeonM 12y ago

Yes, there are, most of them are from universities, like this one: http://www.tudelft.nl/en/current/latest-news/article/detail/tu-delft-lanceert-satelliet-delfi-n3xt/ http://www.tudelft.nl/en/current/latest-news/article/detail/... Also some hard-core HAM operator clubs are known to have launched their own amateur satellites

blueintegral 12y ago
There's actually a whole organization dedicated to launched amateur radio satellites: http://www.amsat.org/ http://www.amsat.org/
kartikkumar 12y ago
My Alma Mater :) There are A LOT of university small-sats out there now, and I know at least a dozen teams personally. University-based satellites provide a fantastic educational tool for students, so they'll also be a (small) part of the landscape.

wglb 12y ago

Yes, starting in 1961: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR#OSCAR_1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR#OSCAR_1 For a very active organization, check out http://www.amsat.org/ http://www.amsat.org/

w8rbt 12y ago

Much of modern satellite comm technology came from amateur radio experiments. Have you heard of OSCAR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR "Throughout the years OSCAR satellites have helped make breakthroughs in the science of satellite communications.... Most of the components for OSCAR 10 were "off the shelf" and tested by group members. Jan King led the project. Solar cells were bought in batches of 10 or 20 from Radio Shack..." Also, OSCAR 1 was just four years after Sputnik (the first artificial earth satellite). Many Ham radio enthusiasts, from all over the world, are hard-core engineers.

jdsnape 12y ago

If you're interested, some friends of mine at work launched one last year http://funcube.org.uk/ http://funcube.org.uk/

jdsnape 12y ago

If you're interested, some friends of mine at work launched one last year http://funcube.org.uk/ http://funcube.org.uk/