satwk51.rpt from OIG

Mike McCants (mikem@fc.net)
Fri, 20 Dec 1996 14:21:40 -0600

                        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.

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                                                   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