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ARTSAT2: DESPATCH (FO-81) Satellite Goes Dark

Thread starter ARRL
Start date Jan 6, 2015

ARRL

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Jan 6, 2015

The ARTSAT2: DESPATCH sculpture/satellite (FO-81) has stopped transmitting after 1 month. The satellite was one of two carrying Amateur Radio payloads that were launched December 3 onboard a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) vehicle into an Earth-escape orbit as piggyback payloads of the Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample-return mission into deep space. Crafted as a physical art object, ARTSAT2...

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ARTSAT2: DESPATCH (FO-81) Satellite Goes Dark

ARRL

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