After 50 Years, A Dead Satellite Sends Out Messages

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Not surprising really, this was one satellite out if nine that were put up with Solar Panels covering all sides of the Satellite.

A picture of LES-1.

The Lincoln Experimental Satellite series was designed and built by Lincoln Laboratory at MIT between 1965 and 1976, under USAF sponsorship, for testing devices and techniques for satellite communication.

The series had satellites named LES1 through LES9. They suffered a number of launch problems - LES1 and LES2 were supposed to be delivered to the same 2800 x 15000 km orbit,[1] though a failure of a boost stage left LES1 in a 2800 km circular orbit. 

In February and March 2013, Amateur Radio sources announced that an amateur radio satellite enthusiast, Phil Williams G3YPQ, from North Cornwall, UK, had detected signals from LES1 and determined the source after searching for identifying information on the internet.

LES1 was determined to be tumbling at about a 4-second interval (rotation speed) as determined by distinctive fading of the signals. It has been suggested that, after 46 years, the batteries have failed in a manner that allows them to carry charge directly through to the transmitter on 237 MHz, allowing it to start up when it is in sunlight

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That Youtube guy was Way, Way, Overly Dramatizing these video.
JMHO