[amsat-bb] Re: DO-64 heard over VK

Way back about AO-27 I began to lose track of OSCAR numbers.

While I applaud and encourage the assignment of OSCAR numbers, I think that retaining the name also should not be overlooked as a means to be user friendly to casual users who may not follow all the details every day.

On RAFT and ANDE, We asked that our satellites be listed in AMSAT as RAFT(NO60) and ANDE(NO61) because even we could not remember the NO numbers (getting old I guess). SO this is just a reminder to spacecraft owners that there is no requirement that they have to give up their original satellite name just because they got an OSCAR number.

Consider keeping the name and putting the OSCAR number in parenthesis? Just an idea...

Bob, WB4APR