satwk51.rpt from OIG

Mike McCants (mikem@fc.net)
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:55:26 -0600 (CST) 

              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


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