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Amateur Radio Operators Command ESA Satellite to Play Doom in Space

  • An Oslo radio amateur group collaborated with Tanagra Space to command the satellite.
  • The satellite recognized and launched Doom after receiving a voice command over the 23 cm band.
  • It took seven attempts, shared with a group in Poland, to successfully command the satellite.
  • The successful command occurred on the same day in late July.
  • This demonstration marks the first use of orbital voice control to run a video game.
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