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 -- Details of how to get on the Satellite Observer Mail List, satellite elements, prediction programs and other satellite information, at the Visual Satellite Observers Home Page: http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/sat/satintro.html -- JRespler@InJersey.com Satellite Tracker * Early Typewriter Collector Freehold, New Jersey