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discussion / Biologging  / 20 March 2023

Monique - the space Elk(s)

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I have enjoyed the recent podcast on Monique the first animal(s) to carry a satellite collar, the ICARUS project etc.

AirSpace Season 7, Ep. 7: Satellite Hart

Thanks to GPS, ecologists today can track thousands of animals all the time with tracking devices that can be smaller than a quarter. But in 1970 there was just a weather satellite, a 23 pound collar, and an elk named Monique. On this episode of AirSpace, we talk to some of the scientists who use space to track animals here on Earth.

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 Also, regarding Monique there is this interesting blogpost

https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2022/04/15/a-space-elk-named-monique/

and here is some documentation from the original researchers describing the Monique project:

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720017418/downloads/19720017418.pdf