Re: SATELLITE SITUATION REPORT

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In a phone conversation with Adam Johnson, NASA OIG BBS, I asked him about the
* and other footnotes for SATELLITE SITUATION REPORT.  He later got back to me
with this reply:

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 adam@oig1.atsc.allied.com wrote:

> I am told by someone who knows at USSPACECOM that the * is an indicator to
> the analyists at USSPACECOM that the object may be part of another launch and t  that they do this to highlight it for identifcation purposes.
> 
> So, I think this simply means it us under their "watchful eye."
> 
> pect to see this added to my programs in any near future date.  
> 
> Adam Sends!
> 


I also invited him to check in with us here on SeeSat-L.

Jay Respler
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