Someone said it was the Gaofen-1, SATNO 39150. That makes sense, given it's mission and reported capabilities, but I have not yet been able to confirm that. A list of likely Chinese ISR satellites can be found on page 10 of this document: http://www.project2049.net/documents/Chinas_Evolving_Reconnaissance_Strike_Capabilities_Easton.pdf --------- Brian On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Leo Enright <leo.enright_at_gmail.com> wrote: > > SASTIND.GOV.CN has issued a picture of suspected debris from the missing > Malaysian Airlines 777, Media reports quote a location of 6°42'00.0"N > 105°37'48.0"E. The picture was clearly taken in daylight, and reports say > it was taken on March 9. Can anyone assist with identifying capable > Chinese satellites that might have overflown that area? Our thoughts, of > course, are with those affected by this traumatic event. > > Leo Enright > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Mar 12 2014 - 23:07:14 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Thu Mar 13 2014 - 04:07:14 UTC