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AO-73 Funcube and AO-85 Fox 1 Satellites Collide
1 April 2016 | by In a shocking turn of events in the amateur satellite community, AMSAT-NA is claiming AMSAT-UK steered their AO-73 Funcube satellite into the AMSAT-NA AO-85 Fox 1 bird. NORAD satellite tracking confirmed at 0200Z a combined debris path consistent with the orbits of both satellites. Both satellites are silent and assumed totally destroyed. AMSAT-NA officials in a press conference called the move by AMSAT-UK an “act of war” and promised swift retaliation but wouldn’t give details on the next move. AMSAT-UK officials taunted AMSAT-NA with several incendiary tweets.
In other satellite news, North Korea announced their plans to launch the first of many amateur radio satellites. The satellites were described as being “worthy of Supreme Leader” and will feature outrageously over-modulated audio similar to North Korean state run television so that North Koreans can properly understand each other when communicating through the satellites.
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uh huh
Good one 😉
That’s actually pretty funny…
Now that was dirty!
Lol, great gag guys. It came up in my feed reader this morning and I nearly shit myself.
Note the date.
@KR0SIV – When I read this at work this morning, I dropped the holy F* bomb loud enough, prairie dogging was rampant in the office I started to laugh out load about 5 seconds later. They didn’t get the joke. Great gag!
april fools….lol…lol..
FLASH…..
Republican Candidate Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during a press conference moments ago stated:
“April Fools”!
1 April – Co-incidence?? Good one. If not then sad news for the amateur radio community!