Ed, > > ... the Soviet Union put in orbit an unmanned satellite, in > > very low orbit, whose attitude was controlled by aerodynamic > > forces. The real reason of such an experiment is not yet > > known. It is known however that it successfully described a > > few orbits just above the 100 Km line (how much higher I do > > not know), but collapsed rapidly shortly after he crossed, > > or got too much close to, the 100 Km. Karman line. > > -- http://www.fai.org/astronautics/100km.asp > > I'm curious to know the identity of that very low satellite > and if anyone observed it visually. The time was given as > either the 1960s or the 1970s. I believe they refer to Kosmos 149 (1967-024A, #2714, 21 Mar 1967) and Kosmos 320 (1970-005A, #4301, 16 Jan 1970) also known as DS-MO and Space Arrow [Kosmicheskaya Strela]. Igor Lissov ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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