Bringing satellites out of retirement -The DARPA Phoenix program
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 09:00
in Astronomy & Space
Its the dead zone. Approximately 22,000 miles above the Earth, $300 million worth of retired satellites are simply taking up space in geosynchronous orbit. Like anything a bit elderly, they might have problems, but theyre far from useless. There are a hundred willing volunteers waiting to be retrofitted, and all they need is the wave of a magic wand to come back to life. The DARPA Phoenix program might just be the answer.