At 10:37 PM 1/21/97 +0300, Igor Lissov wrote: >Hi, > >Does anybody know the current status of UNAMSat 2 (1996-052B, >USSSPACECOM #24305) launched Sep.05 1996. There are >some strange reports of its decay while I cannot imagine satellite >decay from a 1000 km circular orbit. Maybe it failed, not decayed? You are referring to amateur radio satelite OSCAR 30, also known as MO-30. I have just this minute finished reading the wekly status report from AMSAT-NA, which does not list any problems with the bird. I will raise the question on tonight's AMSAT net if I am able to check in. Happy bird-hunting, Don Horton N1ISB ****************************************************************************** Don Horton N1ISB Amateur Radio: http://www.vgernet.net/dhorton/nobarc.html Weather : http://www.vgernet.net/dhorton/wx.html Satellites : http://www.vgernet.net/dhorton/birdhunt.html N1ISB/Rover : http://www.vgernet.net/dhorton/rover.html