Media1996

SETI League launches amateur all-sky search Project Argus

When: 21 Apr 1996
Sources: 2 public sources

The SETI League, a volunteer group formed after Congress ended NASA's SETI funding, put Project Argus online on Earth Day 1996. It linked amateur radio telescopes, many built from old satellite TV dishes, aiming at real-time coverage of the whole sky.

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FirsthandOne Hundred Up, 4900 To Go! (H. Paul Shuch, IAF-2000 paper) (opens in a new tab)The SETI League / 2000-10-03
FirsthandExecutive Director's Argus Station Decommissioned (editorial) (opens in a new tab)The SETI League

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