Yes. They do have a plan. It's called hurry up and get JMS finished and pray that it works. On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, Jonathan McDowell <planet4589_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Cool. So the 80000 series objects? > (I really hope they have a plan for when the main satcat hits that > number...) > > > On 26 August 2014 20:30, Brian Weeden via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','seesat-l_at_satobs.org');>> wrote: > >> They're adding TLEs for analyst satellites to Space Track. These are >> objects that they track regularly but have not yet (or cannot) correlate >> to >> a specific launch and thus can't put into the official catalog. There are >> several thousand of them. >> >> >> >> --------- >> Brian >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Allen Thomson via Seesat-l < >> seesat-l_at_satobs.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','seesat-l_at_satobs.org');>> >> wrote: >> >> > I don't know what this PR emanation actually means, but it might be >> > worthwhile to keep an eye on Space Track. >> > >> > ================= >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/494687/officials-expand-space-tracking-website.aspx >> > >> > Officials expand space-tracking website >> > By Amaani Lyle, DOD News, Defense Media Activity / Published August 26, >> > 2014 >> > >> > WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Defense Department officials announced additions to >> > its space situational awareness program’s Space-Track.org website. >> > >> > In a recent telephone interview with DOD News, Maj. Gen. David D. >> > Thompson, U.S. Strategic Command’s director of plans and policy at >> Offutt >> > Air Force Base, Nebraska, said the release of new high-quality >> positional >> > information on space debris of an unknown origin will help >> owner-operators >> > better protect their satellites from objects and ultimately create less >> > space debris. >> > >> > “We run a predictive program that shows where the objects are, where >> they >> > will be in the future, and the potential for these objects to run into >> each >> > other,” Thompson said. >> > >> > Thompson explained that most of the debris that is considered “objects >> of >> > unknown origin” resulted from launches or space collisions, but has not >> > been definitively identified by source. >> > >> > [etc.] >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Seesat-l mailing list >> > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >> > > -- --------- Brian _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Aug 26 2014 - 20:02:39 UTC
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