Re: USA News Broadcast on Military Sats.

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The first one was Lacross and the second one was SDS (Satellite Data
System). Lacross had alot of orange foil on it which corresponded to its
observed orange color in orbit.

Bill

>Does anyone know the names of these Recon Sats?
>
>Jim
>
>Mir16609@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I hope that this isn't too far "off-topic".   It's been so cloudy and
>>rainy in
>> Maryland over the last 3 weeks that even a news broadcast seems better than
>> nothing.
>>
>> CBS evening news is running a 2-part series on US military satellites.
>> Tonight's first part had film of some Titan launches and showed some
>> satellites in storage.  They were never identified by name.  It was produced
>> with the cooperation of the government - not an expose.
>>
>> Part 2 is tomorrow evening, February 5th.
>>
>> There is a brief description of the piece at:
>> http://www.cbs.com/news/eveningnews/danrather/
>>
>> Cheers.
>> Don Gardner
>> Homepage: http://members.aol.com/mir16609/
>> 76.8419 W, 39.1796 N,  34m ASL

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