I don't normally get too excited about these, but this one is a little closer than normal. Some reception reports immediately after would be appreciated.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Subject: UPDATE: OSCAR 7 Close Approach Notification
Sir/Ma'am,
The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has updated a predicted conjunction between OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) and SCC# 18116.
Primary Object: OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) Secondary Object: SCC# 18116 Time of Closest Approach: 18 FEB 2013 22:06 UTC
Overall miss distance: 57 meters Radial (dU) miss distance: 25 meters In-Track (dV) miss distance: -25 meters Cross-track (dW) miss distance: 46 meters
Primary Radial Error (U): 11 meters Primary In-Track Error (U): 57 meters Primary Cross-track Error (U): 6 meters
Secondary Radial Error (U): 12 meters Secondary In-Track Error (U): 55 meters Secondary Cross-Track Error (U): 11 meters
OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) and SCC# 18116 ...
After a couple of google searches it seems that the "18116" object is a Russian Cosmos 1855 communications satellite.
There is a brief description of 18116 on this page: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1987-051D
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org
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Andrew Glasbrenner
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JoAnne Maenpaa