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                    SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION  TERRESTRE




SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
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Internet: iers@obspm.fr                          Paris, 11 January 2002


                                                 Bulletin D 87








                               ANNOUNCEMENT OF DUT1




        From the


                              14 February 2002, 0h UTC


    until further notice, the value of DUT1 to be disseminated with the 
    time signals will be




                                  DUT1 = -0.2 s
                                  



        Bulletin D 88 should be issued in July 2002.