the arts also celebrate todays sputnik day with various events: http://sputnik.irmielin.org/ Am 04.10.2007 um 03:55 schrieb Ted Molczan: > Congratulations to our Russian friends on the 50th anniversary of > the launch of > Sputnik 1. > > It was also the launch of satellite observation, so it is a dual > anniversary > here on SeeSat-L. > > I encourage one and all to share your thoughts on the significance > of Sputnik 1, > or your stories about tracking the early the satellites. > > A quick personal note: in celebration of Sputnik 1, I am producing > a 2-line > orbital elements history of its final stage rocket, through > analysis of > observations by Moonwatch and professional observers. I am pleased > to report > that the work is now nearing fruition. I now have more than 20 > elsets spanning > the final 52 days of the object's 58 days in orbit. Several of the > solutions are > not quite complete, but if all goes well, I expect to post the > results in the > next few days. Some time later, I will document the analysis and > data on our web > site, including nearly 1,000 observations in the U.K. format. > > Ted Molczan > Admin, SeeSat-L > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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