De-classification not in the sense of top-secret or military classification. There are hundreds of objects that USSPACECOM has in their database that isn't release to OIG or other means. There are hundreds of decayed objects or objects that were tracked but lost at one point or another. These objects are classified as "non-distributed" as the data didn't meet a certin degree of accrucy. Once the data has been confirmed as decayed or what ever for the object, it will be de-classified and released to OIG. I can remember when I used to get the old paper reports (Satellite Situation Reports) mailed out there were lots of old Gemini, Apollo and Skylab objects that were reported decayed some 10 to 20 years later. I have seen decayed items disappear from the list for months and then reappear with a new decay date or just had the dates change, which then would have been re-reported as new by the reporting software. Which very well could have happened here. --- JAY RESPLER <jrespler@superlink.net> wrote: > These were not classified. They went to Venus and > Moon. > > David Bate wrote: > > > > More than likely de-classification. > > > > --- Paul Henney <ph014a5309@blueyonder.co.uk> > wrote: > > > > > > >The following objects have been reported as > > > decayed: > > > > > > Internatnl > > > Designator CatNo Common Name > Source > > > LaunchDate DecayDate > > > ------------ ----- ------------------------- > ------ > > > ---------- ---------- > > > 1989-033B 19969 MAGELLAN US > > > 1989/05/04 1994/10/14 > > > 1998-001A 25131 LUNAR PROSPECTOR US > > > > > > Some error ? > > > > > > Why are these so late? > > > > > > An OIG peculiarity? > > This is probable. > > -- > Jay Respler > ADVANCED BUSINESS MACHINES CO. > 732-431-1464 1 - 7 pm > -- > JRespler@superlink.net > SKY VIEWS: http://uweb.superlink.net/jrespler > Satellite Tracker * Typewriter Collector > Freehold, New Jersey > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked > Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ===== David Bate - ScannerDesk & FlightDesk - http://www.scannerdesk.com/ - Registered VHF/UHF Monitor VEM3ONT-19 - ISS Fan Club Member #2235 - NASA KSC's The Ol'Pad Rat Award 'I have never been lost - I was merely unsure of my position for three days once.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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