Utility Planet is the official blog for the column of the same name in The Spectrum Monitor. It replaces Utility World in the discontinued Monitoring Times magazine. Utilities are all VLF/LF/MF/HF (and sometimes low-band VHF) radio communications except broadcasting, CB, and non-emergency amateur. If you understood the last sentence, you know enough to read this blog.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Bye LRO/LCROSS
By now, everyone's probably aware that we're on the way back to the moon. Launch was at 5:32.1, or a whole 1/10 second late. If you can find the replay of the earth disappearing below the vehicle, it's pretty cool.