Satellite turns 50 years old ... in orbit!

A very good article by my friend James Oberg on the 50th anniversary of the launch of the oldest piece of space hardware still in orbit. Your's truly Newsviner is quoted in the piece.

The oldest surviving artificial Earth satellite, Vanguard 1, turned 50 years old on Monday — and continued to turn in its orbit, just as it has done since its launch at the dawn of the Space Age. The craft is in a high orbit that promises to be stable for centuries. Circling there, it has outlived almost all of the human beings who created it.

Vanguard still in space race 50 years on

The Times

Sat Mar 15

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