> "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com> writes: > Soyuz = Alpha > Skylab = Beta > Mir = Gamma > ISS = Delta If you want to be strict, it should be: Salyut 1 = Alpha Skylab = Beta Salyut 3 = Gamma Salyut 4 = Delta Salyut 5 = epsilon Salyut 6 = zeta Salyut 7 = eta Mir = theta ISS = jota I am for ISS=Alpha. Gregory from Poland BTW: on February 27th I was waiting for a Mir pass when I noticed some other satellite moving. I consulted heavens-above and found it was Cosmos 100, launched on December 17th, 1965. It was amazing to see such an old object. Grzegorz 'Czajla' Chyla 51*05.698'N 16*58,327'E, Wroclaw, Poland czajla@friko2.onet.pl http://republika.pl/czajla -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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