Thanks for the input Marco...people in the government have told me directly that AstriaGraph has made positive impacts and changes. No worries. On 12/8/18, 8:37 AM, "Marco Langbroek" <marco_at_langbroek.org> wrote: Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad > Op 8 dec. 2018 om 14:09 heeft Jah, Moriba via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> het volgende geschreven: > > I’d like to think that http://astria.tacc.utexas.edu/AstriaGraph is a forcing function I doubt that. If anything, I feel the activities of the observers on this list and the fact that the expertise of some of us is now regularly called on by the press, has a higher profile. The move could signal a more realistic approach towards secrecy within the US military Space program. For the communication satellite component, it was a bit silly that, for example, planned AEHF operational longitudes were published in a publicly available Defense journal, and then the TLE kept secret. Also, more and more of these communications sats are shared programs with several allied countries, which puts limits to secrecy. I doubt everything will be declassified, they will try to keep some of their more strategic assets under wraps. Which is where we come in. Marco > > Moriba Jah, Associate Professor > The University of Texas at Austin | Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics Department | 512-471-0717 | moriba_at_ices.utexas.edu > > ________________________________ > From: Seesat-l <seesat-l-bounces+moriba=utexas.edu_at_satobs.org> on behalf of Scott Tilley via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> > Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 1:49 PM > To: seesat-l_at_satobs.org > Subject: Considerable number of Classified objects Declassified > > It was noted yesterday a considerable number of objects that perform > communications roles in GEO orbit and some objects in LEO where > declassified by USSTRATCOM. Historical data going back to 2015 is now > present in their database for these objects. > > Space Track confirmed this was intentional by responding to a twitter > post I made with this statement: > > "You're correct. We are releasing additional data about some space > objects not previously available. USSTRATCOM has a new policy to enhance > SSA data sharing, transparency and spaceflight safety." > > You can follow the discussion here: > > https://twitter.com/coastal8049/status/1070978899645845506 > > Not since early 1983 has there been this level of transparency in the > use of space. They still have some work to do but this is a good first > step! > > Regards, > > Scott Tilley > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Dec 08 2018 - 07:39:54 UTC
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