satwk04.rpt from OIG

Mike McCants (mikem@fc.net)
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 11:46:44 -0600 (CST)

              Weekly Satellite Situation Report


   Date:  January 23, 1998

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: January 15, 1998 through January 21, 1998

Newly Cataloged Objects:

Internatl.                   Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee
Designation  Name            Number  Source Date   Mins.  nation KM     KM

1997-082G    DELTA 2 DEB     25141   US     20 Dec   96.3   86.5    603     561
1986-017ML   MIR DEB         25142   CIS    19 Feb   92.2   51.6    385     376

Objects NO Longer In Orbit:

Internatl.                   Catalog Object Launch      Decay
Designation  Name            Number  Source Date        Date

1994-029VS   PEGASUS DEB     24518   US     19 May 1994 14 Jan 1998
1996-008B    DELTA 2 R/B(1)  23785   US     17 Feb 1996 17 Jan 1998
1975-004CF   DELTA 1 DEB     08997   US     22 Jan 1975 18 Jan 1998
1997-077C    CZ-2C R/B       25079   PRC    08 Dec 1997 20 Jan 1998


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