Re: Interesting unid(s)

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Thu Apr 04 2002 - 16:44:29 EST

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    > Also can anyone tell me what Envisat is?  I see it on Heaven's above
    > main page but haven't had a chance to observe it.  I assume it has
    > something special about it to be on the main page.
    
    It's a _huge_ satellite whose purpose is to monitor the environment
    (read: ecology) of the Earth in many ways. 
     
    > Also last night, observed 25017 Lacrosse 3, vivid red through the 
    > pass,
    > and 23405 Cosmos 2297 R which was pulsing between mags 2 and 4 with 
    > a
    > very regular 2 pulse per second cycle on this pass - this is a nice
    > object.
    
    Lacrosse 3 is a classified US object.  I had thought we were banning the
    posting of observations, TLEs, and other information regarding classified
    US sats?
    
    But you know, if Heavens-Above is going to post orbital data of Lacrosse
    3, then why not lift the ban on SeeSat-L?  Or convince Heavens-Above to
    squelch its data on classified US satellites?
    
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