Above is a pretty good video by Retro Rockets. Some will quibble about the technical details presented, especially about early radio, but I think the video does a pretty good job of describing the early production of ham radio satellites.
As I watched this video however, I started to wonder if OSCAR 7 was in fact unique in coming back from the dead. Back in 2008, I watched signals from OSCAR 11 (aka UoSat -2) as it tumbled through space with its battery dead, powered by a direct connection to its solar panels:
This was what Retro Rocket said was Oscar 7's claim to fame, right?
In both cases, what happened was pretty cool, but did OSCAR 11 sort of repeat the supposedly miraculout rebirth of OSCAR 7?
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