"Satellite tracking data is coming less frequently than it has over the last few days and it has been suggested that preparations for the coming IRAQ war may be squeezing satellite time."

This quote is in reference to (un-)available satellite data for tracking a sailboat race from Melbourne-Osaka, from a weekly email called "Grand Prix Sailor", a 13-year-old racing news publication of Sailing World
Magazine (http://www.sailingworld.com).