The reason for hte two names is that OrbImage (an Orbital Sciences Company) owns ht ecommercial rights to teh data, while NASA has its rights. OrbView-1 is also known as Microlab, the third satellite in the Orbcomm FM-1, FM-2 Pegasus launch in 1995. The NORAD id is 23547 Eric ---- Eric Rosenberg Washington, DC erosenberg@orbcomm.net ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: OrbView-2 to Maneuver Author: SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de at #internet Date: 8/6/97 3:33 AM >Here we go again: yet another satellite with more than one name. Orbital >calls it OrbView-2 while NASA calls it SeaStar. > >_____________________________________________________ >Jim Varney Sacramento, CA > > Not only that but were is Orbview 1 ????? Greetings, Tristan Cools tcools@nic.INbe.net BWGS member(Belgian Working Group Satellites) Damse Vaart: 3.2478E/51.2277N 3.75m Rijckevelde: 3.2856E/51.2045N 6.25m Brugge : 3.2166E/51.2104N 5m