satwk52.rpt from OIG
Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Thu, 01 Jan 1998 19:32:04 -0600
Weekly Satellite Situation Report
Date: December 29, 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.
The following changes are to previous cataloged objects:
1963 014DF (Westford Needles) 11581 US 09 May 1963 17 Oct 1987
Changed to
1977 092H (SL-12) 11581 CIS 20 Sep 1977 17 Oct 1987
1969 082KL (Thorad Agenad) 09980 US 30 Sep 1969 13 Apr 1981
Changed to
1997 032D (SL-6) 09980 CIS 28 Apr 1977 13 Apr 1981
1980 018D (Ayame 2) 13262 Jpn 22 Feb 1980 08 Jun 1982
Changed to
1982 020G (SL-12 Deb) 13262 CIS 15 Mar 1982 15 Oct 1982
Period: December 18, 1997 through December 24, 1997
Newly Cataloged Objects:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee
Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM
1997-081A PROGRESS M-37 25102 CIS 20 Dec 92.2 51.7 399 388
1997-081B SL-4 R/B 25103 CIS 20 Dec 88.6 51.6 239 199
1997-082A IRIDIUM 45 25104 IRID 20 Dec 97.3 86.6 650 634
1997-082B IRIDIUM 46 25105 IRID 20 Dec 97.3 86.6 650 635
1997-082C IRIDIUM 47 25106 IRID 20 Dec 97.3 86.6 650 635
1997-082D IRIDIUM 48 25107 IRID 20 Dec 97.3 86.6 649 633
1997-082E IRIDIUM 49 25108 IRID 20 Dec 97.3 86.6 635 631
1997-082F DELTA 2 R/B 25109 US 20 Dec 93.4 83.6 624 259
1997-083A INTELSAT 804 25110 ITSO 21 Dec 632.1 7.0 35771 265
1997-083B ARIANE 42L R/B 25111 ESA 21 Dec 655.3 6.9 37030 196
1997-084A FM-5 25112 US 23 Dec 101.3 45.0 829 822
1997-084B FM-6 25113 US 23 Dec 101.3 45.0 832 821
1997-084C FM-7 25114 US 23 Dec 101.3 45.0 834 826
1997-084D FM-8 25115 US 23 Dec 101.3 45.0 833 825
1997-084E FM-9 25116 US 23 Dec 101.3 45.0 831 821
1997-084F FM-10 25117 US 23 Dec 101.4 45.0 838 827
1997-084G FM-11 25118 US 23 Dec 101.3 45.0 836 825
1997-084H FM-12 25119 US 23 Dec 101.4 45.0 837 829
1997-084J PEGASUS R/B 25120 US 23 Dec 94.9 45.0 734 298
1997-084K HAPS 25121 US 23 Dec 97.1 42.7 827 410
1967-065E THOR BURNER 2 D 25122 US 29 Jun 172.4 90.0 3919 3887
1997-085A UNK 25123 CIS 24 Dec 94.3 97.2 488 479
1997-085B SL-18 R/B 25124 CIS 24 Dec 94.3 97.3 487 478
1997-085C SL-18 DEB 25125 CIS 24 Dec 94.3 97.2 486 479
1997-086A ASIASAT 3 25126 PRC 23 Dec 638.3 51.0 35990 369
1997-086B SL-12 R/B 25127 CIS 23 Dec 86.9 51.5 133 112
1997-086C SL-12 PLAT 25128 CIS 23 Dec 87.5 51.6 177 128
1997-086D SL-12 R/B 25129 CIS 23 Dec 636.5 51.5 35995 270
Objects NO Longer In Orbit:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay
Designation Name Number Source Date Date
1980-084E COSMOS 1216 DEB 12041 CIS 16 Oct 1980 26 Mar 1981
1985-070E SL-12 R/B(AUX M 15957 CIS 08 Aug 1985 27 Oct 1986
1995-063F SL-12 R/B(AUX M 23722 CIS 17 Nov 1995 18 Dec 1997
1997-072F RESURS F-1M DEB 25094 CIS 18 Nov 1997 18 Dec 1997
1997-058A PROGRESS M-36 25002 CIS 05 Oct 1997 19 Dec 1997
1989-089H COBE DEB 22748 US 18 Nov 1989 20 Dec 1997
1986-017JQ MIR DEB 23693 CIS 19 Feb 1986 20 Dec 1997
1997-080B SL-4 R/B 25096 CIS 15 Dec 1997 20 Dec 1997
1994-029WA PEGASUS DEB 24526 US 19 May 1994 21 Dec 1997
1997-072C RESURS F-1M DEB 25091 CIS 18 Nov 1997 22 Dec 1997
1997-081B SL-4 R/B 25103 CIS 20 Dec 1997 22 Dec 1997
1992-005G SL-12 R/B(AUX M 21862 CIS 29 Jan 1992 23 Dec 1997
1994-029ACB PEGASUS DEB 24939 US 19 May 1994 23 Dec 1997
1997-086C SL-12 PLAT 25128 CIS 23 Dec 1997 25 Dec 1997
1980-028A COSMOS 1172 11758 CIS 12 Apr 1980 26 Dec 1997
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Austin, Texas, USA