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Topic: Fast radio burst traced to 1964 Relay 2
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Axman Member Posts: 778 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 06-27-2025 07:21 AM
The very early, almost antique, experimental communications satellite Relay 2 has suddenly sprung to life in a surprising way... "We report the detection of a burst of emission over a 695.5 megahertz to 1031.5 megahertz bandwidth by the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder, ASKAP," writes a team led by astronomer Clancy James of the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Australia."The burst was localized through analysis of near-field time delays to the long-decommissioned Relay 2 satellite." ... This burst could not have been the result of reflecting sunlight. Rather, the team was able to narrow it down to two possibilities: an electrostatic discharge, or a plasma discharge following an impact by a tiny piece of space rock – a micrometeoroid. | |
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