satwk17 report from OIG

Mike McCants (mikem@freeside.fc.net)
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 20:24:03 -0500 (CDT)

              Weekly Satellite Situation Report


   Date:  April 24, 1998

This report is prepared as a supplement to the monthly Satellite Situation
Report.  It provides a listing of objects that have been newly cataloged or
that were reported as no longer being in orbit during the period covered by
this report, excluding classical elements for newly cataloged debris objects
resulting from break-ups.  Source information for this report is provided by
the United States Space Command and NASA.


Period: April 16, 1998 through April 22, 1998

Newly Cataloged Objects:

Internatl.                   Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee
Designation  Name            Number  Source Date   Mins.  nation KM     KM

1998-022A    STS 90          25297   US     17 Apr   89.9   39.0    286     257
1998-019G    IRIDIUM DEB     25298   IRID   30 Mar   95.6   86.6    560     500
1998-019H    IRIDIUM DEB     25299   IRID   30 Mar   94.7   86.6    509     500
1987-062C    COSMOS 1869 DEB 25300   CIS    16 Jul   97.2   82.5    631     616
1986-017MR   MIR DEB         25301   CIS    19 Feb   92.1   51.7    378     372
1986-017MS   MIR DEB         25302   CIS    19 Feb   92.1   51.7    379     372
1986-017MT   MIR DEB         25303   CIS    19 Feb   92.1   51.7    378     371
1986-017MU   MIR DEB         25304   CIS    19 Feb   92.0   51.7    378     371

Objects NO Longer In Orbit:

Internatl.                   Catalog Object Launch      Decay
Designation  Name            Number  Source Date        Date

1994-029YA   PEGASUS DEB     24574   US     19 May 1994 11 Apr 1998
1994-029ADE  PEGASUS DEB     24997   US     19 May 1994 11 Apr 1998
1994-029CG   PEGASUS DEB     24035   US     19 May 1994 15 Apr 1998
1997-056F    DELTA 2 R/B     24970   US     27 Sep 1997 17 Apr 1998
1997-019B    ATLAS 2A CENTAU 24787   US     25 Apr 1997 21 Apr 1998
1988-098C    ARIANE 2 DEB    20132   ESA    28 Oct 1988 22 Apr 1998
1994-047B    ATLAS 2A CENTAU 23193   US     03 Aug 1994 22 Apr 1998


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Mike McCants
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