Re: OIG Catalog Action Report for the week ending May 31

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Sat May 31 2003 - 18:32:15 EDT

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    >The following objects have been reported as decayed:
>
>Internatnl
>Designator   CatNo Common Name    Source LaunchDate DecayDate
>------------ ----- -------------- ------ ---------- ----------
>...
>2002-042A    27515 USERS          JPN    2002/09/10 2003/05/29

According to a SpaceflightNow.com story, what returned to Earth
was a retrievable capsule, while the main spacecraft continues
in a 500 km orbit:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0305/30users/

Last night, even with thinly scattered cirrus, NOSS 2-1 (90-050
C, D, and E; 20691, 20692, 20642) did a great southbound pass, 
visible without magnification for several minutes.

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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