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From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 19:19:12 EST

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    Regarding the new "UNK" elements from OIG, this is from 
    STS-113 Web site (Thanks to the SeeSat member who suggested
    this!):
    
    "Later today, the STS-113 crew will release two miniature 
    satellites as part of the MEMS-based PICOSAT Inspector, or 
    MEPSI, experiment. The satellites, which are tethered, will 
    fly for three days to demonstrate the launcher assembly and 
    the use of micro technologies in space."
    
     http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/
    
    I was not able to see the STS-113 and ISS pair -- don't 
    know if they were too faint, there were clouds in the way,
    or both.  And actually, I had forgotten about a potentially
    problematic building in view from the parking garage I had
    finally decided upon as my viewing platform.
    
    I think that here we have lost visibility opportunities for
    the small new pair of satellites.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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