Bill Bard wrote: > Thw Wasington Times reports that the recent China manned > launch also placed a military satellite in orbit > <http://www.washtimes.com/national/inrin> g.htm>. Maybe this is > one of the extra objects cataloged. The four extra objects are separation motor covers, which decay from orbit within 2 or 3 days. Most likely, the article refers to the orbital module, which remains in orbit for months after the mission, is manoeuvrable, and which China has acknowledged to carry out intelligence gathering. 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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