All - Oops. typo. The name is Goergen not Goergan. And he says that JPL and SDL have heard it today. Charles > On December 21, 2018 at 12:00 PM Jonathan McDowell <planet4589_at_gmail.com> wrote: > > So he is called GoergAn but the satellite is GoergEn? Any connection? > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 12:37, Charles Phillips via Seesat-l < seesat-l_at_satobs.org mailto:seesat-l_at_satobs.org > wrote: > > > > All - > > > > Someone I know, Mark Goergan, sent me this information: > > > > > Oops. Goergen. > > > > > > After a long wait, DARPA's SHFT1 satellite launched on Dec 16th aboard an Electron launch vehicle. It is known by several names, > > > > including 18104M, OBJECT M, and 43860. 18104M is the international designator that means it was on the 104th launch of 2018 > > > > and was the 14th item identified from that launch. 43860 is the NORAD Catalog ID. Yesterday, DARPA informed the Combined Space > > > > Operations Center (CSpOC) at Vandenberg AFB that 43860 is named GOERGEN. > > > > > > GOERGEN was deployed along with 14 other satellites and is operating nominally. Radio communication was established on its first > > > > pass over the ground station and it is still working fine! > > > > > > The usual sites have not given any beacon information, and downlink frequencies; so I sent a note asking for that. Mark says that the ground station has heard the satellite - this information will be interesting to our RF astronomers. > > > > Charles Phillips > > Spaceflight Research, LLC > > Houston, Texas > > 713-882-4578 > > http://sites.google.com/site/spaceflightresearchprojects/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Fri Dec 21 2018 - 14:48:18 UTC
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