This is actually an article from november 2016, some parasite website mislabel the date to get hits
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2244633/abandoned-us-satellite-starts-transmitting-after-50-years/
Dirty pool, that. Do not hit the source website here.
As to the satellite, the idea of the dead battery load somehow disconnecting (battery or connection decay from radiation, flying spec hit) from the solar power circuit makes sense.
Maybe that can work for old Joe Biden?