This NASA satellite was launched in 1964 and stopped functioning just three years later in 1967. Since then, it had been silently floating in space—until now.

Though the occurrence of the signal is surprising, it isn't that the dead satellite spontaneously restarted, turning on and resuming its transmissions to astronomers and observatories on Earth ...

This is the case with NASA’s Relay 2 satellite, which took off in 1964 until its transponders glitched. It hung dead in near-Earth orbit by 1967 and has beamed nothing down since—until now.

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that astronomers initially struggled to explain.

NASA satellite emits 'spark' decades after going dormant: Astronomers think they know why Source of the radio waves was tracked to a location that matches that of NASA’s defunct Relay 2 ...

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that astronomers initially struggled to explain.

A brief but extremely powerful radio signal thought to have coming from deep space has now been traced to a dead NASA satellite in Earth orbit. Relay 2 was one of a pair of experimental ...

Tapping “Satellite SOS” on a Google Pixel device doesn’t open any menus, but it will soon. Through a rooted Pixel, we were able to access the menu Google is preparing for this feature.