[–] tdeck 9y ago ↗ Ran into this while I after reading about Project West Ford, which was also really interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_West_Ford
[–] pttrsmrt 9y ago ↗ "[I]t has no power supply or fuel; it is merely a metal sphere."There's something beautiful about that.
[–] dandelany 9y ago ↗ More info + photo here: http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/lcs-1.htm [–] tdeck 9y ago ↗ Lifetime: 30,000 yearswow.
[–] photogrammetry 9y ago ↗ Can hardly believe LCS-1 is still in orbit, given how low its density is.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LARES_(satellite) has a density of 15,833 kg/m^2, and is the densest orbiting object in the Solar System.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 19.5 ms ] threadThere's something beautiful about that.
wow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LARES_(satellite) has a density of 15,833 kg/m^2, and is the densest orbiting object in the Solar System.