musings on negative OBS of Iridium 71

Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:48:58 -0400 (EDT) 

Hmmm.  A lot of negative OBS of 
 
IRIDIUM 71 
1 25320U 98026B   98203.14444799 +.00000202 +00000-0 +65075-4 0 01556 
2 25320 086.3983 260.6986 0001253 029.1786 330.9480 14.34219529011629 
 
I reported to Paul Maley and Rob Matson, one of my own 5 days ago.  I 
received 1 by e-mail today. 
 
You don't suppose SPACECOM could have mixed up Ir 71 with a piece of 
debris, do you?? 
 
It is possible this will turn out to be one for people with big scopes and 
auto-tracking software.  There was an item in S&T recently about the fine 
reults of Ron Dantowitz of the Boston Museum of Science (and SeeSat-L). 
 
Cheers. 
 
Walter Nissen                   dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu
-81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation

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