Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!idacrd.ccr-p.ida.org!idacrd!n4hy From: n4hy@harder.ccr-p.ida.org (Bob McGwier) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: What counntries do space surveillance? Date: 26 Apr 93 11:45:42 Organization: IDA Center for Communications Research Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <15657.2bd7de55@cpva.saic.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: harder.ccr-p.ida.org In-reply-to: thomsonal@cpva.saic.com's message of 23 Apr 93 20:17:25 GMT I can tell you that when AMSAT launched some birds along a Spot satellite (French), that during installation of some instruments on Spot 2, there heavily armed legionaires who had a `take no prisoners' look on there faces. Spot satellites are completely capable of doing some very good on orbit surveillance. BMc -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert W. McGwier | n4hy@ccr-p.ida.org Center for Communications Research | Interests: amateur radio, astronomy,golf Princeton, N.J. 08520 | Asst Scoutmaster Troop 5700, Hightstown