Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 448: Discontinue SLR Tracking On Glonass 70 From: Mike Pearlman, Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau <[Mailed Mike Pearlman ]> ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 1999-09-18 00:50:00 UTC Message No. 448 ******************************************************************************** Author: Mike Pearlman, Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau Subject: Discontinue SLR Tracking On Glonass 70 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 16:59:36 -0400 (EDT) Dear Colleague, This is notification to stop tracking attempts on Glonass-70. The satellite has not been operational since early September and no SLR returns have been received since September 3. It had been anticipated that the satellite outage would be short, but that has not been the case. The IGEX Committee plans to discuss a substitute satellite next week at the ILRS Meeting in Florence. Best regards, Mike Dr. Michael R. Pearlman Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St. Cambridge MA 02138 tel. (617) 495-7481 fax. (617) 495-7105 e-mail. mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu [Mailed From: ”Mike Pearlman” ] ********************************************************************************