On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 10:13:49 +0000, Doug Greenwell wrote:

true - I should have one british satellite on a british launcher!

Launched in 1971 and its still up there. Its radio was still working in
2006. Its orbit is expected to decay around 2106. Not too dusty for the
second attempt at launching a satellite.


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