Re; Mid-air collision observation

Bruno Tilgner (
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:08:57 -0400

Jay Respler wrote:

>As far as I can tell, there are NO South-African satellites, so that =

>report would be in error.

That's what I thought too. But you never know. The report was indeed
in error. It was an American satellite which observed the flash last
Saturday. It would still be interesting which satellite it was.
Presumably one of those designed to detect missile launches and nuclear

Bruno Tilgner
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