Space-Track is still tracking several clusters of Westford needles,
although they are certainly spread out and thinning fast. Some are still
nearly in their original orbits. As evidence:
WESTFORD NEEDLES
1 00602U 63014E 09300.68434638 +.0003 +0-0 +1-3 0 07665
2 00602 087.3316 050.1
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> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: using a microsat as a potential high altitude VHF
> reflector
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> > were there any ham radio projects (either through amsat-na or abroad)
> > that implemented a passive reflector o
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> were there any ham radio projects (either through amsat-na or abroad)
> that implemented a passive reflector on an orbital vehicle like
> Project Echo
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Not long ago I saw some webpages and emails about some hams using ISS
(or was it Mir?) as a passive reflector.
Coincidently, I was rea
There are two neat concepts from the early days of communications experiments
using satellites and Echo is one of them (the other is SCORE).
There were a lot of "ideas" for follow on echos...one used a gravity gradient
"pole" to stop the balloon from spinning and keeping it pointed to the earth
