With apologies if off-topic -- is it possible to infer which (visible)
recon sat is being referred to in the following Y2K bug report?
Spy satellite had Y2K glitch
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- In the only significant Y2K
problem reported, one of the Defense Department's
reconnaissance satellites ran into millennium-related trouble
last night shortly after 7:00 pm EST -- midnight Greenwich
Mean Time -- and was down for a "few hours," Deputy Defense
Secretary John Hamre - the Pentagon's appointed "Y2K czar,"
said Saturday The satellite continued to function, but a
ground station was unable to process its intelligence for two
to three hours. The system continues to operate at less than
full capacity, he said.
"We had positive control the entire time," Hamre said. He
said operators for the system -- which was not a missile
early warning satellite - switched to a back up mode of
processing and was able to restore functionality before
midnight on the East Coast. "The problem was in the ground
processing system," he said.
Robert Knight
74W00, 40N43
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