Thank you, Tom, for the AO-51 "collision" warning. What an email message to receive: "Guys, a project that you've spent years on that has opened up the world of amateur radio to thousands might be destroyed by a piece of space junk tomorrow ... "
ANYWAY - I found this Celestrak page on last year's sat collision to be fascinating ...
http://celestrak.com/events/collision.asp
Clint, K6LCS
Clint wrote "Ao-51.....might be destroyed by a piece of space junk tomorrow ... "
Looking at it another way, AO-51/? would become another piece of space junk to help destroy another working satellite in the future.. Heck of a legacy to leave.
Dave WB7DRU Burnsville, MN
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