DSP 23, amateur contributions

From: Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Date: Wed Dec 03 2008 - 15:03:57 UTC

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    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28023768/
    
    Russians track wayward U.S. spy satellite
    Orbit-watcher sees military spacecraft drifting from high-altitude slot
    By Leonard David
    Space Insider columnist
    updated 7:56 p.m. CT, Tues., Dec. 2, 2008
    
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    "We have continuously tracked an object we have identified as DSP F23 since January 10, 2008," Agapov said. "Identification is made on the base of initial orbital information obtained by amateur astronomers using their own measurements."
    
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