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The AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7) amateur radio satellite was launched in 1974, expected to last 5 years, but a battery failure meant it had to run off of its solar panels. It's still operating. (hackaday.com)

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago

I work for a lab in the US. We do a lot of things, but among them space and defense. Literal rocket scientists. A lot of old-school hackers. Like not Hollywood movie "hackers", I mean the type of people that take great pleasure in making something functional out of miscellaneous junk.

Among them, there is a surprisingly large number of licensed hams. Myself included.

Idk where I'm going with this. But there's an overlap between "space nerds", "radio nerds", and "tech macgyvers", so they find a way.