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The Lincoln Experimental Satellite Launched In 1965 And Is Still Sporadically Communicating After Sixty Years

MIT/Lincoln Laboratory They do everything from monitoring the weather to enabling GPS, they’re a vital part of TV broadcasting and they’re regularly conducting scientific research. So it’s easy to forget that satellites are still a relatively new invention. In fact, the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) was launched in 1957, paving the way for the serious innovation that forms a cornerstone of our day to day lives, just 67 years later. Whil…
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twistedsifter.com broke the news in on Monday, December 22, 2025.
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