Somebody moved UK's oldest satellite, and no-one knows who or why (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 36 points 4 days ago

"It's still relevant because whoever did move Skynet-1A did us few favours," says space consultant Dr Stuart Eves.

"It's now in what we call a 'gravity well' at 105 degrees West longitude, wandering backwards and forwards like a marble at the bottom of a bowl. And unfortunately this brings it close to other satellite traffic on a regular basis.

"Because it's dead, the risk is it might bump into something, and because it's 'our' satellite we're still responsible for it," he explains.

So basically, you can't park there mate!

[-] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

'oi mate you have a loicense to move that spacr junk'

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