ultred ragnusen wrote:
Can someone explain to me how you lose (and then find) a satellite?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...lost-in-space/

Since the thing is orbiting earth, why can't NASA just look up in the sky
with a telescope to find it?

LOL. When they were trying to regain Skylab communication, we could see it.
Try pointing am 85 foot dish at it. That's what we were doing, pointing at
it. We almost got it. Later another agency sent proper position data.

Greg