Unity is 1998-069 F, NORAD 25575
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 16 Dec 1998 08:31:44 +0000
For what it's worth, this is the text of the World Data Center
announcement concerning the cataloging of ISS-Unity. It appears that
USSPACECOM will not be issuing elsets for it, unlike the individual
components of Mir. This announcement appears in the sci.space.news
newsgroup.
Perhaps we should club together and buy the WDC-A an unshift key :)
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COSPAR/ISES
WORLD WARNING AGENCY FOR SATELLITES
WORLD DATA CENTER-A FOR R & S, NASA/GSFC
CODE 633, GREENBELT, MARYLAND, 20771. USA
SPACEWARN 12983
COSPAR/WWAS USSPACECOM NUMBER
SPACECRAFT INTERNATIONAL ID (CATALOG NUMBER) LAUNCH DATE,UT
ISS-UNITY 1998-069F 25575 04 DECEMBER 1998
UNITY WAS BOLTED TO ZARYA AND RELEASED FROM STS 88 ON 13 DECEMBER.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE CAME FROM USSPACECOM:
THIS OBJECT WAS CATALOGED WITHOUT AN ELSET. IT IS NOT INDIVIDUALLY
TASKED, IT IS THE FIRST AMERICAN PIECE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION. IT IS CONNECTED TO THE ISS (25544), AND AS SUCH HAS NO
TASKING AT ALL.
DR. JOSEPH H. KING, DIRECTOR, WDC-A-R&S.
[PH: (301) 286 7355.
E-MAIL: KING@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
15 DECEMBER 1998 13:50 UT]
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