On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) <cm2...@frcuba.co.cu> wrote: > Nope, It was only announced on the HearSat mailing list and only few > enthusiastics replied. On this world of new space probes with S band > downlinks very few are interested in monitoring old birds which comes back > to live spontaneously.
When the 50th anniversary of Alouette 1 came and went, there wasn't much on the news about it here in Canada or, at least, I didn't see much. I guess it wasn't as fancy as a Blackberry. > > However the happiness and enjoy I felt after re-discover that old historical > > spacecraft is beyond compare.... It is like space archeology.... An U.S. ham > > re-discovered LES-1 several months ago and some media wrote a news report, > but the original owner/builder of the satellite didn't reply to his > e-mail.... > > About Allouette-2, the interesting was the international collaboration, Cuba > > and Australia are almost in opposites part of the world, but Mike Kenny and > > I still exchange information and collaboreted for confirm the re-discovery, > > and that my friend is the true ham spirit.... I've been listening to the archived recordings of The Space Show at: http://www.thespaceshow.com and one point the host often makes is that space has been one realm in which different nations have largely co-operated and have generally remained peaceful. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ 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
