[MRCA] Seventies technology

[Ray Fantini]

Back in 1978 NASA did the ISEE-3 program to study charged particles and the effects of solar wind and later used the satellite to do fly by Halley's Comet in 86 and finally study Coronal ejections with the program being shut down in 1997, apparently the satellites final orbit will bring it back around the earth later this year and NASA is allowing a private group, the ISEE-3 Reboot Project to attempt to control the satellite, NASA has no funding or interest apparently. It's amazing to see that something built that long ago and subject to the worst environmental conditions imaginable may  still be capable of operation, downlink of the main transmitter has been detected so some systems must still be operational.
You can see more about this at:   http://spacecollege.org/

Ray F/KA3EKH
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