Old British military satellite launched in 1969 is drifting into 105W*

[N5XZS]

Interesting news from BBC News about old British military satellite that was launched back in 1969 few months after first manned Moon landing at that time.

Here's the link...

Enjoy reading!!

Skynet-1A: Why did the UK's oldest space satellite end up thousands of miles from where it should have been?

Britain's oldest satellite is in the wrong part of the sky, but no-one's really sure who moved it.

www.bbc.com

 

[comfortably_numb]

Why can't it drift (bump) into 99?!

 

[TRG]

Has anyone done a blindscan? My wife loves British TV.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Has anyone done a blindscan? My wife loves British TV.

 

[N5XZS]

Maybe subscribe to Slow Horse!!

 

[WhiteBeard]

Has anyone done a blindscan? My wife loves British TV.

Might get MI-5 or MI-6. They might be calling for 007.

 

[Hyper Casey]

That was a great read! Thanks N5XZS

 

[telstar_1]

Questions. If dead, how is it known that it's now at 105? I presume the presence of "something" wobbling around that area is known from radar, but how is it confirmed to be that particular bird? Also how could we have controlled it at its African locale from our west coast- wouldn't it have been over the horizon?

It does seem plausible that we might have just "grabbed it back" from Britain after they upgraded to newer hardware.

 

[N5XZS]

I think it's the gravity's field or gravity's well somehow dragged the old British military bird over to 105W* give or take spot.