[FPSPACE] Okos in Air et Cosmos

[Woods, Dave]

There is one on display at Lavochkin.  We had a chance to see and 
photograph it extensively last year at the YSC SpaceDTP-2000
workshop.  Lavochkin  is on the schedule for this year's program.  
Details can be seen at their web site at:
  http://ysc.sm.bmstu.ru/eng/dtp2001/prog.htm
I believe time is running out to register, so people should not delay
if they want to go.  A number of people have contacted me about
it, so it should be a good turn out again.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Phillip Clark [SMTP:psclark@dircon.co.uk]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:51 AM
> To:	FPSPACE
> Subject:	[FPSPACE] Okos in Air et Cosmos
> 
> Does anyone have an e-mail address for the French publication Air et
> Cosmos, please ?
> 
> I have just seen a copy of the January 19th, 2001 edition which includes
> what they claim to be the _first_ photograph to be published of an Oko
> satellite.
> 
> The truth is that - thanks to Bert Vis' camera - the first photo of an Oko
> actually appeared last month in my Oko review carried by the January 2001
> Jane's Intelligence Review, and therefore the French claim is demonstrably
> wrong.
> 
> I do not expect that Air and Cosmos will print a retraction for their
> claim, but I certainly wish to register a protest !
> 
> Phillip Clark
> 
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