"tg" wrote in message
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thanks for the info. So I can read more, have you got a cite for that?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1579240
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...xp12_eva2.html

.... and a bunch of "not-heard" reports before the announcement:
http://suitsat.org/

Apparently, its signal was picked up briefly and faintly in Japan before it
stopped altogether.

Jackie