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Scientists reconnect with wayward NASA spacecraft launched in 1978


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  A group of space enthusiasts have reportedly made contact with a wayward satellite launched nearly 40 years ago.

 
  Keith Cowing, project organizer of the effort to reconnect with the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3, told NPR that the biggest challenge had been figuring out how to communicate with the aging 1978 satellite since space technology has changed so radically over time.
 
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