Leo Barhorst recently wrote ... > Reding through Jonathan's Space Report No 417 I wonder why the Globalstar > satellites have different names. > Up to the 1999-19 launch they were named Globalstar FM44 for example and > afterwards the name > became Globalstar M047. > I suppose FM stands for Flight Model, but what does the M mean? > I've meant to ask the same questions almost as soon as I began observing these objects, but remembering the confusion and attempted-explanations in the case of the names of the Iridium objects, I decided to keep quiet. If anything, the names of the GlobalStars and Iridiums seem a good example of why contributors should always include the COSPAR and/or SPACECOM IDs for an object when descibing observations, etc! Clear and dark skies! Ed Light Lakewood, NJ, USA N 40.1072, W 074.2317, Hgt +21 m (69 ft) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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