Hi, Found a release of interest. It says DARPASAT (1994-017B, 23031, USA-102) decayed last May. OIG says that 23031 elsets aren't available but it still counts the bird in orbit. Comments? Igor Lissov Moscow, Russia Ball Aerospace-developed Microsatellite Provided Valuable Defense Contribution For More Than Eight Years BOULDER, Colo., May 28, 2002 -- DARPASAT, a microsatellite built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and launched in 1994, recently re-entered the atmosphere after more than eight years in orbit. <...> However, the satellite surpassed that goal and passed the 8-year milestone in March 2002. <...> DARPASAT re-entered the atmosphere early in May 2002 due solely to orbit decay, or drag due to expanded atmosphere from solar heating. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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