Hacker News new | comments | show | ask | jobs | submit login Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again ( thevintagenews.com ) 26 points by Cozumel 3 hours ago | hide | past | web | 6 comments | favorite nowarninglabel 15 minutes ago Reminds me of: "It is then determined MPU is actually an old spy satellite disguised as a weather satellite, that was programmed to reactivate after a certain period of receiving no commands." reply samuell 1 hour ago > "This proves electronics built around 50 years ago, 12 years before Voyager 1, and far before microprocessors and integrated circuits are still capable of working in the hostile environs of space." I think in some aspect, it might be even more so (robust), than today's technology: Simpler, more to-the-point technology, leading to greater robustness. I think toda...