With regard to the decaying debris object from the Integral launch,
Jonathan McDowell writes
>That would be the aft shroud of the DM2 stage, it's a cylindrical casing 4m in
>diameter.
Thanks - sounds like the casing that "S*Com" often calls a "Platform".
>And, by the way,
>> SpaceCom is posting decay notices
>Don't you mean "StratCom is posting..."?
I might do :) After the recent "rebranding", the US Space Command web
site now redirects to the home page of the US Strategic Command which
links to an interesting page on "Re-entry Assessment and Space
Surveillance" at
http://www.stratcom.mil/factsheetshtml/reentryassessment.htm
The latter indicates that the tracking responsibility is given to the
Command and Control Squadron (1 CACS) of the U.S. Air Force Space
Command so "SpaceCom" still appears to be involved and I've continued to
use the term. However, Jonathan is not the first to raise this and
(unless someone convinces me otherwise) I'm happy to switch to the
umbrella organisation "StratCom" with the next decayer.
Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m (WGS84 datum)
Edinburgh / SatEvo & elsets: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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