Satellite Abandoned In 1967 Mysteriously Comes Back Online

http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/22/satellite-abandoned-in-1967-mysteriously-comes-back-online/ ^ | 11-22-16 | Andrew Follett

[ARGLOCKGUY]

An American satellite abandoned in 1967 suddenly came back online and began transmitting again for the first time in 50 years.

Amateur astronomers first suspected that they’d found the satellite in 2013, but needed years to confirm that it was still occasionally transmitting. The satellite, dubbed LES1, was built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and launched into space in 1965.

A mistake in the satellite’s circuitry caused it to never leave its circular orbit, and it eventually stop transmitting in 1967. The satellite’s signal now fluctuates widely in strength, meaning that it’s likely only transmitting when its solar panels are in direct sunlight. Scientists expect that the satellite’s onboard batteries have disintegrated.

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[Albion Wilde]

The aliens were done with it?

[bgill]

[jmacusa]

''V’jer requires the information''

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

An American satellite abandoned in 1967 suddenly came back online and began transmitting again for the first time in 50 years.

I've seen this movie. It doesn't end well.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Looks like a poor remake of “Black Hole”.

[Larry Lucido]

Main screen turn on.

[Theophilus]

Only LEO sats naturally deorbit because they hit particles escaping or bounding from the atmosphere. Higher orbiting sats will orbit forever because it would take a tremendous amount of energy to change they’re speed/inertia.

[Reily]

If we ever meet those aliens I volunteer to do the negotiations!

[RandallFlagg]

If that suckah crashes near Pennsylvania, we're getting zombies.

The cause for the phenomenon is unknown, but characters speculate that it is caused by a spaceborne virus, divine punishment, radiation from a satellite returning from Venus, or that there is simply "no more room in Hell."