Marisat-F2 Stops Operations After 32 Years
Intelsat has ended the career of the Marisat-F2 satellite after 32 years, the last of them serving scientists at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Manufactured by Hughes Aircraft in 1976 (now part of Boeing), the 700-pound spacecraft was built for Comsat General (now part of Intelsat) to serve...
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