Re: Space Track augmentation(?)

From: Brian Weeden via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:02:07 -0400
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.]
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