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From: dgd@ukc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: needles in orbit
Message-ID: <3882@ukc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Jul-83 08:09:45 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 25 08:09:45 1983
Date-Received: Tue, 26-Jul-83 02:13:04 EDT
Organization: Computing Lab. Kent University, England
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can anyone out there provide me with some information about
an experiment which was (perhaps) carried out some years ago?

to the best of my knowledge it consisted of depositing a load
of copper (?) needles in low-earth orbit, possibly to act as
reflectors.

        david dixon, univ.of kent,uk
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