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The Morse Message (1962)

This radio message was transmitted from EPR (Evpatoria Planetary Radar)* in 1962 and directed to planet Venus. The word "MIR" (in Russian it means both "peace" and "the universe") was transmitted from the EPR on November 19, 1962, and the words "LENIN" and "SSSR" (the Russian acronym for the Soviet Union) on November 24, 1962, respectively. All three words were sent using the Morse code. In Russian, this letter is called Radio Message "MIR, LENIN, SSSR". This message is the first radio broadcast for extraterrestrial civilizations in the history of mankind, it was also used as a test for the radar station (but was not used for measuring the distance to Venus because for distance measurements the EPR uses coherent waveform with frequency manipulation): The signal reflected from surface of Venus and was received 4 minutes 32.7 seconds (Nov 19) and 4 minutes 44.7 seconds (Nov 24) later.

Now this radio message is flying to the star HD131336 in the Libra constellation (it is very interesting to note that the famous star Gliese 581, the addressee of A Message From Earth and Hello From Earth, is also located in the Libra)._{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morse_Message_(1962)}
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* http://www.seo-forum-seo-luntan.com/internet/interesting-pics/msg702/#msg702