'use the real world name that the builders and launch agencies use.' Then how do you decide who gets the right to name? The builder? Or the 'launcher'?
Yaesu builds a radio in Japan and sells it in the USA. It's still called a Yaesu. The name does not change because it came here on a Maersk cargo ship. It does not become a 'Maersk' does it? Americans built it. They should have the naming rights. Just because some Russians threw it off their space ship does not give them the right to name it (it just gives them the right to break it!) K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:15 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: sa...@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak As many have said before. Perhaps we should get away from the American system of allocating Oscar numbers and use the real world name that the builders and launch agencies use. On 08/05/2011 08:49 PM, Greg D. wrote: > It doesn't. > > But it speaks to what many are feeling - well, speaking for myself at least - that it would be a really good idea, politically, that when ARISSat-1 gets an Oscar number, it should have an AO-prefix, not an RS-prefix. > > There, it's been said. > > Greg KO6TH _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
