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Zombie Satellite to Amateur Astronomer: “I’m Not Dead Yet”

Earth’s plasmasphere, as seen by IMAGE’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager on May 24, 2000. Image by B. R. Sandel and the IMAGE/EUV team.

An amateur astronomer has picked up signals from a satellite NASA gave up for dead more than decade ago.

Scott Tilley was scanning the skies for secret military satellites when he picked up a transmission from the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite.

Read/listen to my full story at KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk:
IMAGE Search: Amateur Astronomer Reconnects NASA To Zombie Satellite