Electron Launch Last Dec, Satellite Identifications (Some Interesting Nits)

From: Charles Phillips via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 08:56:37 -0700 (MST)
All -

It is always interesting to watch the Satellite Catalog get updated (or not in this case!) when we have launches of multiple objects. 


2018-104 from New Zealand last year is an interesting case. So far the CSpOC/18 SCS has named 43849 and 43861 - they are both

from the Aerospace Corporation and so they get attention. A guy who consults at DARPA tells me that 43860 (object M) is in regular

contact with four ground stations and has been identified as "Goergen" - named after Mark Goergen (my contact). Object G should be

CHOMPTT, Scott Tilley identified that one. It is almost like the Air Force has moved on to newer launches, hopefully they will come

back to this one. 

Charles Phillips
Spaceflight Research, LLC
Houston, Texas
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