{"id":7017,"date":"2014-03-20T17:05:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2014-03-20T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:05:15","slug":"iceisee-3-spacecraft-signals-picked-up-by-amateur-space-radio-buffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7017","title":{"rendered":"ICE\/ISEE-3 spacecraft signals picked up by amateur space radio buffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I posted earlier<\/a> about attempts to reawaken the 36 year old ISEE-3 spacecraft and return it to useful science work. \u00a0Emily Lakdawalla<\/a>\u00a0writes that amateur space radio enthusiasts have actually been able to receive its signals:\u00a0ICE\/ISEE-3 update: Amateurs detect its signal while professionals study contacting it – The Planetary Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When the spacecraft was repurposed from its original space weather mission to chasing down a comet, it’s name was changed to\u00a0the International Cometary Explorer (ICE).<\/p>\n

\"international_cometary_explorer_isee3_art[1]\"<\/a>International Cometary Explorer – NASA<\/em><\/p>\n

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I posted earlier about attempts to reawaken the 36 year old ISEE-3 spacecraft and return it to useful science work. \u00a0Emily Lakdawalla\u00a0writes that amateur space radio enthusiasts have actually been able to receive its signals:\u00a0ICE\/ISEE-3 update: Amateurs detect its signal while professionals study contacting it – The Planetary Society. When the spacecraft was repurposed from … Continue reading ICE\/ISEE-3 spacecraft signals picked up by amateur space radio buffs<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-radio","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Pb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7537,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7537","url_meta":{"origin":7017,"position":0},"title":"ISEE-3 Reboot Project – Help restart a sun-earth explorer","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written about an effort to reconnect with the 36 year old\u00a0International Sun-Earth Explorers (ISSE)\u00a0spacecraft and direct it back to its original solar science mission: Reawakening and returning a 36 year old spacecraft to its original mission ICE\/ISEE-3 spacecraft signals picked up by amateur space radio buffs Dennis Wingo (Skycorp)\u00a0gives\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Solar Science"","block_context":{"text":"Solar Science","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=31"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/TJw3XsmJIUs\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8058,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8058","url_meta":{"origin":7017,"position":1},"title":"ISEE-3 Reboot Project update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0ISEE-3 Reboot Project\u00a0(see the recent\u00a0post\u00a0ISEE-3 Reboot Project takes command of the spacecraft) continues to make progress in the effort to resurrect and re-target NASA's\u00a0International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3) spacecraft, launched in 1978 to study the earth's magnetosphere but re-targeted to study two comets. \u00a0the Reboot Project will try to return the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DIY space"","block_context":{"text":"DIY space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/CLPG15HXkv8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7969,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7969","url_meta":{"origin":7017,"position":2},"title":"ISEE-3 Reboot Project takes command of the spacecraft","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0ISEE-3 Reboot Project\u00a0(see earlier post)\u00a0is now talking with the spacecraft : We Are Now In Command of the ISEE-3 Spacecraft The ISEE-3 Reboot Project is pleased to announce that our team has established two-way communication with the ISEE-3 spacecraft and has begun commanding it to perform specific functions. 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