{"id":34600,"date":"2018-10-23T14:56:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34600"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:56:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:56:34","slug":"scott-tilley-ve7til-the-amateur-astronomer-who-found-a-lost-nasa-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/scott-tilley-ve7til-the-amateur-astronomer-who-found-a-lost-nasa-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Tilley (VE7TIL): The Amateur Astronomer Who Found a Lost NASA Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tilley-Satellite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34601\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tilley-Satellite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tilley-Satellite.jpg 702w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tilley-Satellite-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tilley-Satellite-624x314.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Cap Tux, who shared a link to the following video on YouTube. This short video is brilliant and will be the reference I use when people ask about the intersection of radio and amateur astronomy:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMsE1rxeOw4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hMsE1rxeOw4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Amateur astronomer Scott Tilley made international headlines when he rediscovered NASA\u2019s IMAGE satellite 13 years after it mysteriously disappeared. In this interview with Freethink, Scott discusses his role in the satellite\u2019s recovery, why he enjoys amateur astronomy, and how citizen scientists like him have contributed to our knowledge of space from the space race to the present day.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And I personally think our <em>Post<\/em> friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/troy-riedel\/\">Troy Riedel<\/a>&#8211;who is an avid amateur astronomer&#8211;should start tracking satellites! (We&#8217;ll see if he&#8217;s reading this post!)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m curious: are there any\u00a0<em>Post<\/em> readers who are into the satellite tracking side of amateur astronomy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Cap Tux, who shared a link to the following video on YouTube. This short video is brilliant and will be the reference I use when people ask about the intersection of radio and amateur astronomy: Click here to view on YouTube. Amateur astronomer Scott Tilley made international headlines when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[4579,3517,581,4563,7380],"class_list":["post-34600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-astronomy","tag-cap-tux","tag-radio-astronomy","tag-satellites","tag-scott-tilley-ve7til"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-904","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16438,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-amateur-astronomer-tune-in-to-troys-christmas-gift\/","url_meta":{"origin":34600,"position":0},"title":"The Amateur Astronomer: Tune in to Troy&#8217;s Christmas gift","author":"Thomas","date":"December 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Troy Riedel, received a gift like no other from his son this Christmas. 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