This directory (and its subdirectories) contains the ASCII version of
the SPACEWARN Bulletin and of the WDC-A Launch Announcements. For
further information concerning the SPACEWARN Bulletin, see:

    http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/about_spacewarn.html

The WWW version of the SPACEWARN Bulletin is at:

    http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/

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The following is a description of what you can find in this directory:

Directory        Contents
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launch           Directory containing the text of the WDC-A R&S Launch
                 Announcements (formerly telexes), used to announce the
                 formal assignment of International IDs and NORAD
                 (USSPACECOM) numbers to spacecraft in orbit.



Also included in this directory are the following two files:

File             Contents
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AAREADME.TXT     This file.
boil.plate       Some standard text which is inserted at the end of
                 each SPACEWARN Bulletin which describes its purpose and some
                 nomenclature used therein.
spx.NNN          The ASCII version of SPACEWARN Bulletin number NNN

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Contact:
    Mr. Sardi Parthasarathy
    NSSDC
    Mail Code 633
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Greenbelt, MD 20771
    Phone: +1-301-286-8105
    Email: sardi.parthasarathy@gsfc.nasa.gov

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Last updated: 17 May 1999