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From: peter.henne@gmd.de (Peter Henne)
Subject: APT-Satellites: Report NOV 28, 1993
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Observed at station 50.7 NLat, 7.1 ELon, NOV 28, 1993

NOAA-9:      APT 137.62 On
NOAA-10:     APT 137.50 On
NOAA-11:     APT 137.62 On
NOAA-12:     APT 137.50 On
Meteor 2-21: APT 137.85 On
Meteor 3-3:  APT 137.30 On

Now all NOAA's switch from ch.2 (vis) to ch.3 (IR) when
approaching night-parts of their orbits. The Meteor's transmit
only vis from illuminated parts, as the descending passes are
more and more earlier at morning (exspecially weak Meteor 2-21)
they will become somewhat useless for stations above 40 deg
northern Latitude. Hoping for Meteor 3-6, tentative launch-date
NOV 29 (info from Mike Kenny, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia).

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|Peter Henne (peter.henne@gmd.de)          |
|            (henne@gmd.de)                |
|German Nat.Research Center.f.Comp.Science |
|D-5205 St.AUGUSTIN 1                      |
|Fed.Rep. of Germany                       |
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