Weekly Satellite Situation Report Date: December 19, 1997 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: December 11, 1997 through December 17, 1997 Newly Cataloged Objects: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM 1997-072C RESURS F-1M DEB 25091 CIS 18 Nov 88.6 82.3 227 207 1997-072D RESURS F-1M DEB 25092 CIS 18 Nov 88.5 82.3 225 212 1997-072E RESURS F-1M DEB 25093 CIS 18 Nov 90.0 82.3 347 205 1997-072F RESURS F-1M DEB 25094 CIS 18 Nov 89.7 82.3 318 208 1997-080A COSMOS 2348 25095 CIS 15 Dec 89.5 67.1 353 181 1997-080B SL-4 R/B 25096 CIS 15 Dec 89.2 67.1 324 176 1966-077S OPS 0856 DEB 25097 US 19 Aug 165.9 89.0 5354 1908 Objects NO Longer In Orbit: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay Designation Name Number Source Date Date 1968-081F ERS 28 DEB 05999 US 26 Sep 1968 14 Mar 1974 1987-020R COSMOS 1823 DEB 18738 CIS 20 Feb 1987 04 Dec 1997 1994-029ADB PEGASUS DEB 24994 US 19 May 1994 04 Dec 1997 1994-029XL PEGASUS DEB 24560 US 19 May 1994 07 Dec 1997 1986-017KS MIR DEB 23899 CIS 19 Feb 1986 10 Dec 1997 1986-017JU MIR DEB 23703 CIS 19 Feb 1986 11 Dec 1997 1996-031A MSTI 3 23868 US 17 May 1996 11 Dec 1997 1994-029FT PEGASUS DEB 24120 US 19 May 1994 11 Dec 1997 1994-029ACH PEGASUS DEB 24975 US 19 May 1994 12 Dec 1997 1997-077E CZ-2C DEB 25081 PRC 08 Dec 1997 12 Dec 1997 1989-089AN COBE DEB 22820 US 18 Nov 1989 13 Dec 1997 1994-029RG PEGASUS DEB 24403 US 19 May 1994 13 Dec 1997 1997-072A RESURS F-1M 25059 CIS 17 Nov 1997 13 Dec 1997 1997-077G CZ-2C DEB 25083 PRC 08 Dec 1997 13 Dec 1997 1981-105E SL-6 R/B(2) 12920 CIS 17 Oct 1981 15 Dec 1997 1994-029YB PEGASUS DEB 24575 US 19 May 1994 15 Dec 1997 1997-042B CZ-3B R/B 24902 PRC 19 Aug 1997 17 Dec 1997 1997-072E RESURS F-1M DEB 25093 CIS 18 Nov 1997 17 Dec 1997 Posted to SeeSat-L by Mike McCants mikem@fc.net