re: TSS Approach Forecast

Philip Chien (kc4yer@amsat.org)
Sun, 3 Mar 1996 23:58:53 -0400

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 Luigi MANIERO   <alvise@ve.shineline.it> said:
> It's possible a TSS's "tether range" approach to these objects:
>
>   Date     UT      Norad                    Range (km)
> 3/ 3/1996 12:26    23510  95008  F             6.0 <<<<
> 3/ 4/1996 23:48    19625  88099  A            16.0
> 3/ 9/1996  2:27    20389  89100  A            17.2
>

88 99A is a KH-11-8 spy satellite (USA 33) and may still be in operation.

Hmmm, I can just imagine the last photo (classified of course) of a tether
coming *towards* it ...





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