Long-Lost U.S. Military Satellite Found By Amateur Radio Operator
April 24, 202010:04 AM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
Joe Palca, photographed for NPR, 17 January 2019, in Washington DC.
There are more than 2,000 active satellites orbiting Earth. At the end of their useful lives, many will simply burn up as they reenter the atmosphere. But some will continue circling as "zombie" satellites — neither alive nor quite dead.
"Most zombie satellites are satellites that are no longer under human control, or have failed to some degree," says Scott Tilley.
Tilley, an amateur radio operator living in Canada, has a passion for hunting them down.
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/24/843493304/long-lost-u-s-military-satellite-found-by-amateur-radio-operator
