Harro Zimmer's curiosity about the health of Cosmos 2399 has bee answered officially: http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=3635918&startrow=11&date=2003 -11-26&do_alert=0 2003-11-26 18:07 * RUSSIA * SPACE * SATELLITE * DENIAL * RUSSIAN SATELLITE FAILURE INFORMATION NOT TRUE MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 26. /RIA NOVOSTI / -- The press service of the Russian Space Troops has rejected the information that the Russian satellite Kosmos-2399 has failed and "fallen apart". This information "is not true to fact", says the press service in the communique circulated on Wednesday. The satellite was launched from the Baikonur space port last August. "The press service of the Space Troops has been authorised officially to declare that, following correction work, the spacecraft is functioning and performing missions as designed within the Russian orbital group", reads the communique. Thank you, to the SeeSat-L subscriber who alerted me to this news report. Here are recent elements: COSMOS 2399 1 27856U 03035A 03330.47923199 .00426826 70709-5 30100-3 0 4585 2 27856 64.9117 183.0873 0092029 70.4587 7.2929 16.06814479 16991 Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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