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Jonathan Christopher McDowell is an astronomer and astrophysicist at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is a staff member at the Chandra X-ray Observatory. McDowell is the author and editor of Jonathan's Space Report, an e-mail-distributed newsletter documenting satellite launches.
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- ↑ see Archive.org chronology
- ↑ "Space Report No. 1, Jan 30, 1989". Jonathan McDowell. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ↑ "Jonathan McDowell's Statement on United States Non-Compliance with UNR1721B". Jonathan McDowell. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
