Trivia and other useless but interesting items

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

"Ground controllers tried to send up commands to get the spacecraft in its proper orbit, but the signals did not get there and by then it was too late.

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Back in 1971-72 I worked as a technical officer at an Intelsat TTC&M (Tracking, Telemetry, Control & Monitoring) satellite earth station. We tech officers did the control commands and system monitoring for Intelsat satellites after launch and in orbit.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Back in 1971-72 I worked as a technical officer at an Intelsat TTC&M (Tracking, Telemetry, Control & Monitoring) satellite earth station. We tech officers did the control commands and system monitoring for Intelsat satellites after launch and in orbit.

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where was this based Ron?

was that the one at gerelton?

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Originally Posted by Eevo

was that the one at gerelton?

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Parkes possibly ?

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Originally Posted by pop058

Parkes possibly ?

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correction, i meant Carnarvon .

Carnarvon - now the Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum

The Intelsat TTC&M equipment was at the OTC Satellite Earth Station, not at the NASA site down the road. My wife worked there.

The TTC&M station did later work for European Space Agency satellite launches - long after I'd left there.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Carnarvon - now the Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum

The Intelsat TTC&M equipment was at the OTC Satellite Earth Station, not at the NASA site down the road. My wife worked there.

The TTC&M station did later work for European Space Agency satellite launches - long after I'd left there.

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Ron, I seem to recall you doing service on an Island in the Pacific at an OTC Cable Station, or I have I got the wrong Ron?


I think this bloke bought dodgy & unreliable products even back then?[biggrin]

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Originally Posted by 4bee

Ron, I seem to recall you doing service on an Island in the Pacific at an OTC Cable Station, or I have I got the wrong Ron?

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Yes, three years (1990-1993) managing the OTC ANZCAN (Australia-New Zealand-Canada) submarine cable station on Norfolk Island.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Yes, three years (1990-1993) managing the OTC ANZCAN (Australia-New Zealand-Canada) submarine cable station on Norfolk Island.

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Norfolk Island? Were you banged up there at that time? [smilebigeye]


I recall you did an interesting spiel about it on here a few years ago.