Re: File on Standard Magnitude
JAY RESPLER (jrespler@superlink.net)
Tue, 13 Jul 1999 02:48:47 -0400
Ed Cannon wrote:
> Regarding satellites' common names, that's a bit of an issue. One
> "authoritative document" is OIG's Satellite Situation
> Report. However, for launch vehicles it only lists
> something like "Delta R/B", rather than something like
> "Iridium ## R/B". So to use the SSR, you have to look
> up the "A" object ("A" in most cases) to determine
> which payload was put into orbit by this Delta, Titan,
> SL-12, CSL-04, Pegasus, etc.
To help with that, the SSR sat list on my web site is sorted
by launch instead of catalog #. That makes it easy to link
payload to rocket.
Sat name used to be listed for the rocket.
I don't know why it was changed.
I've decided to try to
> always include both catalog number and international
> identification as well as a common name.
Good practice for everyone to follow.
In spite of
> the inconsistencies, I find actual names such as
> "Globalstar ## R/B" (or "Rk" or "r") to be easier to
> remember than "12345" or "72087N" (or "72-087N" or> "72 087 N", etc.)
I agree. I wish Spacecom hadn't changed the system.
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