WEEKLY SATELLITE SITUATION REPORT This report is prepared weekly as a supplement to the monthly Satel- lite 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 calendar week 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. This report is prepared and made available by the Operations Management Section, Code 513.1, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA 20771. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: August 22, 1996 Period: August 15 through August 21 Newly Cataloged Objects INTERNATIONAL CATALOG OBJECT LAUNCH PERIOD INCLI- APOGEE PERIGEE IDENTIFIER NAME NUMBER SOURCE DATE MINS. NATION KM KM 1996 045D 24276 CIS 14 AUG 731.9 62.7 40603 446 1996 046A ADEOS 24277 JAPAN 17 AUG 101.0 98.5 820 800 1996 046B JAS 2 24278 JAPAN 17 AUG 106.4 98.5 1323 801 1996 046C 24279 JAPAN 17 AUG 106.9 98.7 1309 861 1996 047A SOYUZ TM 24 24280 CIS 17 AUG 92.2 51.6 389 375 1996 047B 24281 CIS 17 AUG 87.6 51.6 162 155 1996 048A CHIANSAT 7 24282 PRC 18 AUG 307.5 27.2 17226 199 1996 048B 24283 PRC 18 AUG 308.8 27.2 17327 187 1995 058G 24284 CIS 31 OCT 101.8 70.8 855 834 1996 049A FAST 24285 US 21 AUG 132.8 82.8 4141 348 1996 049B 24286 US 21 AUG 133.1 83.0 4165 351 Objects No Longer In Orbit INTERNATIONAL CATALOG OBJECT LAUNCH DATE IDENTIFIER NAME NUMBER SOURCE DATE DECAYED NONE. Mike McCants mikem@fc.net