Found the following article at the L.A. Times website while I was perusing the local news.
I
remembered watching the Tokyo Olympics, and being very interested in how
a satellite could stay put over one part of the earth without having a
rocket motor to keep it in place.
Years (many!) later when I was working for Hughes Aircraft I got to see some of the gentlemen mentioned in the article at company seminars and talks.
And later still when I worked for DirecTV, I got to meet Eddy Hartenstein, who was one of the principles in developing Direct-To-Home ("DTH") television broadcasting.
The original Syncom weighed in at about 150 pounds, fueled.
The last satellite the place I work at now attempted to launch weighed in at a little under fourteen THOUSAND pounds.
We sure have come a long way....
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Every so often when I'm checking my PiAware ADSB receiver/display I'll notice an aircraft with a flight path that catches my eye. I...
That we have, until the Chinese take them down, then what???
ReplyDeleteBack to HF radio, I guess!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
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