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Lance Ginner K6GSJ with OSCAR 1 |
Article - 'OSCAR-1 Launched 50 Years Ago'
The ARRL have released an English translation of an article about the pioneering amateur radio satellite OSCAR-1.
A new, highly informative article on how the world's first Amateur Radio satellite, OSCAR-1, came to be designed, built and launched has been posted to the ARRL's Space Communication web page (see the "Articles" section).
Written by Andreas Bilsing, DL2LUX, "OSCAR-1 Launched 50 Years Ago" was first published in the German magazine Funkamateur. It is reprinted with their permission. OSCAR-1 was launched just over 50 years ago, on December 12, 1961.
Link the the article in English
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/Bilsing.pdf
ARRL Space Communication page
http://www.arrl.org/space-communication
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