Vanguard 1, the oldest surviving satellite, turns 50

User  by thecodepounder Date Arrow  March 19, 2008 at 8:59am

It’s actually outlived most of the people who put it in orbit:

Imagine! 50 years in space. 197,000 orbits.

[via Bad Astronomy Blog]

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