Template:Did you know nominations/Main Space Intelligence Centre

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The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 11:48, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Main Space Intelligence Centre

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... that the 821st Main Space Intelligence Centre maintains the Russian catalogue of satellites?

ALT1:... that the 821st Main Space Intelligence Centre is the headquarters of the Russian equivalent of the United States Space Surveillance Network?
ALT2:... that in 2003 the Russian Main Space Intelligence Centre implemented a system to notify when "special spacecraft" passed overhead?
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Oevaang Oeray
Comment: I can't think of better hooks than this..

Created/expanded by Secretlondon (talk). Self nom at 18:39, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

This is not a review. I just thought I would comment that ALT2 is the most interesting out of the three. Simply south...... eating shoes for just 6 years 19:13, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Almost there - length, date are good. Just need one more copyedit - the sentence " This is range, azimuth, elevation angle and some send radial velocity" on the catalogue section needs to be rewritten for clarity. Article uses mostly Russian sources, so AGF for paraphrasing, etc. I'm going to recommend the original hook - ALT 1 refers to another little known agency, ALT 2 relies on a fact that isn't very clear in the article or the ref. What are the "special aircraft"? It's kind of mysterious, but here's no payoff in the article. So I like the original hook. The Interior (Talk) 19:30, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your review and copy editing. Is this better? "Special spacecraft" is code for US spy satellites, I think. Secretlondon (talk) 22:35, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

That rewrite helped. Good little article. Ready to go. The Interior (Talk) 22:49, 15 September 2012 (UTC)