in an article in the issue of aviation week and space technology dated july 23rd, on page 39, there's a great photo of the NRO centaur venting propellant over tehran, taken by babak a. tefreshi and credited to spaceweather.com. on the same page: "More than a dozen accomplished civilian analysts around the world monitor the movements of the secret satellites amassing about 20,000 observations annualy and accurately calculating orbital changes to within 0.001 deg. and 0.05 sec., says Ted Molczan, a respected observer." clear skies! stephan szyman chicago IL USA 41.6840N, 87.7000W; 188 msl _________________________________________________________________ http://liveearth.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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