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[-] FlatFootFox@lemmy.world 68 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Modern satellites are protected by various means of encryption, but there’s an enthusiast community that tracks down and communicates with very old unencrypted zombie satellites. There’s even been an NGO which managed to fire rockets on an abandoned NASA/ESA probe (with their approval.)

The Voyagers benefits primarily from the lack of groups with an adequate deep space network to communicate with it. Their communication standards are otherwise completely open and well documented.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 31 points 7 months ago

"Yeah, I always leave my car unlocked with the keys inside. I also always park it in the center of a lake."

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 7 months ago

More like, below the lake.

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago

Thanks for that link, cool stuff!

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