DROWNING IN ÆTHER

Satellites

Objectname Year Status

Transit 5B-5 1964 Ghost ALOUETTE-2 1965 Ghost LES-1 1965 Ghost SOLRAD-7B 1965 Ghost TIROS-10 1965 Ghost OV3-3 1966 Ghost LES-5 1967 Ghost OV5-3 (ERS-20) 1967 Ghost ISIS-1 1969 Ghost TIMATION-II 1969 Ghost SHINSEI-MS-F2 1971 Ghost AO-7 (OSCAR 7) 1974 Ghost NOAA-9 1984 Ghost FltSatCom F8 1989 Abandoned MILSTAR 1 1994 Abandoned NOAA-15 1998 Active Skynet 4E 1999 Abandoned UFO F7 (USA 127) 2003 Abandoned NOAA-18 2005 Active NOAA-19 2009 Active

AO-7 (OSCAR 7)

Satellite type:Communications satellite

Year:1974

Status:Ghost

Orbit:LEO

Frequeny:145.925 MHz

Tracking link:http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=7530

It was launched into Low Earth Orbit on November 15 1974 and remained operational until a battery failure in 1981. On 21 June 2002 the satellite was received after 21 years of silence.