Op 22-6-2016 om 23:11 schreef Greg Roberts via Seesat-l: > This is something I would welcome . It may make the amateur satellite trackers > that track classified satellites somewhat redundant but I am sure we can find > some aspect of tracking to continue what we have done for decades now. In my opinion continued tracking of "classified" objects by our independent network will remain vital. In the recent past, it has become clear that the Russian MoD is not beyond disseminating false information if it suits their propaganda purpose. I would therefore not per sé trust Russian data face value. Our independent tracking remains vital as a reality check. In the context of the shootdown of flight MH17 over the Ukraine two years ago, and the propaganda and disinformation war involved, the Russian MoD has publicly made claims about purported US KH-11 and STSS overflights over the area at certain pertinent times. From our own independent tracking data, it is clear that these claims were false: the US satellites were not over the area at the times the Russians claimed they were. They have claimed for example that there was an STSS satellite over the area at the time of the shootdown: while in reality the STSS satellites were all well away from the Ukraine at that time. Our independent tracking therefore remains vital as a reality check, in my opinion, and should not be abandoned in the case that Russia starts to make tracking data publicly available. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Jun 23 2016 - 13:07:05 UTC
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