Wake up sleeping satellite – #wakeuprosetta
Singer Tasmin Archer kindly sent this message to Europe’s ‘sleeping satellite’, ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta. Thanks, Tasmin!
Tasmin Archer is the well-known British singer, whose song ‘Sleeping Satellite’ about the Apollo missions to the Moon was her first single released in 1992. The song went to Number 1 in the UK and Ireland singles charts, and also broke into the US, German and Australian music charts. The song has been covered by numerous artists, including Kim Wilde. Tasmin famously performed an acoustic version of Sleeping Satellite at the International Astronautical Congress Opening ceremony in Glasgow, September 2008 (see http://youtu.be/owYZOOIXUAs).
Video copyright: T. Archer
Sleeping Satellite written by: T. Archer, J. Beck, J. Hughes (courtesy Quiverdisc)
Video produced by tasminarcher.com
" sleeping satellite" huge '92 hit, thx Jasmin
Aw – that's so cool! Tasmin Archer is wonderful. I still consider sleeping satellite one of the best songs I ever heard, her voice is amazing!