[amsat-bb] Re: RS-22 vs UO-22

[Chris Maness]

On Jan 8, 2012 4:09 AM, "Trevor ." <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> --- On Sun, 8/1/12, Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:
> > I am just full of questions tonight.
> >
> > The AMSAT Sat status page has an RS-22 and the Celestrak
> > keps in SatPC32 has
> > UO-22.  Are they the same satellite?
>
> No different satellites:
>
> UO-22 built at Univeristy of Surrey in the UK, launched 1991
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/uo22.php
>
> RS-22 built in the Russian Federation, launched 2003
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76
>
> 73 Trevor M5AKA
>
>

The Russian sats have a different naming convention.

Chris