RE: your mail (on C*397 AZ decay)
bjorn@tt-tech.se
Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:17:40 +0100
Larry Klaes asked : What exactly is Cosmos 397? What was its mission?
Is there a place where I can find such information on my own....
I'm sorry, but I don't know much of that kind of facts.
I usually don't care, but I am impressed by others' knowledge.
E.g. R.Kracht@t-online.de (Rainer Kracht) used Russell Eberst's
observations to deduce standard magnitudes for satellites, in
groups of similar designs - of which I was not aware.
(seesat-l no. 1164-1441, then 1598 and 1636 )
I don't know their sources.
For new launches I do get Jonathans Space Reports at
ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/jcm/space/news
(issues from 1989 on are available) and Spacewarn Bulletins at
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/ (old issues from 1991 on),
and OIG weekly reports via telnet to oig1.gsfc.nasa.gov.
I also keep the latest OIG SatSit Reports available on my PC.
(Total listings of all objects)
In my QuickSat-compatible reference file I keep mainly the NORAD
and International ID's, the common name, standard magnitude and/or
Radar Cross Section, and a category based on orbit type and
visibility (classified, geostationary, high, below my horizon,
decaying, decayed, Molniya, ...)
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