Amateur radio satellite has 'near miss'

The Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) website is reporting that a Russian rocket body came close to the Amateur Radio satellite SEEDS (CO-66).

The near miss occurred on January 7, 2010 at 08:02:30 UT when the rocket body is said to have come within 100 metres of SEEDS (CO-66).

The JARL report in Google English can be seen at
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2F
www.jarl.or.jp%2FJapanese%2F2_Joho%2FNews2010%2F
2010_news-1.htm&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

COSMOS 1743 - NORAD ID: 16719
http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=16719

Rocket Body - NORAD ID: 16720
http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=16720

SEEDS - NORAD ID: 32791 - 437.485 MHz
http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=32791

May 2008 - First SSTV Pictures from Amateur Radio CubeSat Seeds
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2008/
seeds_sstv.htm

Japan Amateur Radio League, Inc. (JARL)
http://tinyurl.com/JapanJARL/