The contex for the Russian suggestion is the on-going UNCOPUOS discussions of guidelines for improving the long-term sustainability of space activities. That work formally began in 2010, and over the last couple of weeks UNCOPUOS has been trying to hash out an interim set of guidelines, and a plan to finish the guidelines by 2018. This appears to be the operative document where they are announcing the Russian catalog (see para 5): http://www.unoosa.org/res/oosadoc/data/documents/2016/aac_1052016crp/aac_1052016crp_13_0_html/AC105_2016_CRP13E.pdf And here is a technical presentation by M. Shilin with more details: http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/2016/copuos2016tech03E.pdf Trying to get through the rather obtuse language, it seems as though a public Russian catalog is contingent on UNCOPUOS agreeing to create an international database. That is uncertain, given resistence from the US and other countries. On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l < seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > > Folks, > > Russian news outlets suggest that Russia will make its orbital catalog > public, including western classified objects: > > http://izvestia.ru/news/619052 > > > http://sputniknews.com/science/20160622/1041718824/russia-us-satellites.html > > - Marco > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org > > Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek > ----- > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > -- --------- Brian _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Jun 22 2016 - 05:18:10 UTC
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