Craig Cholar writes >In case those who saw NEAR want to add it to your observing logs, the >NORAD number number for it is 23784, and the COSPAR ID is 96008A. >I'm only mentioning this here because NEAR doesn't show up in the >TLE files since it isn't in earth orbit. The NEAR rocket is still >in orbit as 23785, 96008B. NEARly correct :-) In fact, the NEAR Delta 2 rocket decayed as recently as January 17. Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR site 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Home: alan@wingar.demon.co.uk +44 (0)131 477 9144 Scotland | SatEvo satellite page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/