Lone Signal
| Industry | Search for extraterrestrial intelligence |
|---|---|
| Founded | New York, United States (June 18, 2013) |
| Founder | Pierre Fabre, President |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Jamie King, CEO Narayana Ackley, CTO Eric Eim, COO Jacob Haqq-Misra, CSO Ernesto Qualizza, CMO |
| Services | Messages to extraterrestrial intelligence |
Number of employees | 3 |
| Website | www |
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Lone Signal was a crowdfunded active SETI project designed to send interstellar messages from Earth to a possible extraterrestrial civilization. Founded by businessman Pierre Fabre and supported by several entrepreneurs, Lone Signal was based at the Jamesburg Earth Station in Carmel, California.
The project's beacon, which commenced continuous operations on June 17, 2013, transmitted short, 144-character messages by citizens of Earth to the red dwarf star Gliese 526, located 17.6 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Boötes. The Lone Signal team hoped to earn US$100 million to construct a network of satellite dishes across the Earth's surface, which could beam messages to many regions of the Milky Way galaxy. The project ceased transmission shortly after it began, due to lack of funding.