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 Mission Operations and Systems Development Division, Code 510.1, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA 20771. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 19, 1996 Period: December 12 through December 18 Newly Cataloged Objects INTERNATIONAL CATALOG OBJECT LAUNCH PERIOD INCLI- APOGEE PERIGEE IDENTIFIER NAME NUMBER SOURCE DATE MINS. NATION KM KM 1986 017LZ 24672 CIS 19 FEB 92.1 51.6 394 368 1986 017MA 24673 CIS 19 FEB 92.0 51.6 382 363 1996 070A INMSAT 3 F3 24674 IM 18 DEC 646.6 22.7 35780 1005 1996 070B 24675 US 18 DEC 647.6 22.7 35822 1014 Objects No Longer In Orbit INTERNATIONAL CATALOG OBJECT LAUNCH DATE IDENTIFIER NAME NUMBER SOURCE DATE DECAYED 1994 029KB 24200 US 19 MAY 22 NOV 1986 017LQ 23928 CIS 19 FEB 11 DEC 1994 029DQ 24067 US 19 MAY 12 DEC 1989 089X 22762 US 25 MAY 12 DEC 1994 029TJ 24461 US 19 MAY 12 DEC 1994 029WW 24546 US 19 MAY 13 DEC 1994 029SV 24439 US 19 MAY 14 DEC 1994 029BY 24027 US 19 MAY 15 DEC 1996 005E 23800 CIS 25 JAN 16 DEC 1994 029TQ 24467 US 19 MAY 17 DEC Mike McCants mikem@fc.net