Castaway spacesuit radio experiment still alive

BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: February 4, 2006

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Early reports soon after the deployment indicated that SuitSat's signals were being
detected by listeners in Japan and elsewhere. But the transmissions were weak. Within a
couple of hours, officials said the signals had ceased completely. It was speculated that
the batteries had gotten too cold, shutting down the radio equipment.

Despite the bleak news, attempts to hear SuitSat on 145.990 MHz continued Saturday in
hopes of detecting any communication. Those efforts paid off with reports across the
globe of faint, intermittent signals being picked up when the suit flew overhead.

"Paraphrasing Mark Twain....the demise of SuitSat-1 is highly exaggerated!!" a project
news release said Saturday evening.

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