satwk13 report from OIG
Mike McCants (mikem@freeside.fc.net)
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 16:26:51 -0600 (CST)
Weekly Satellite Situation Report
Date: March 27, 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: March 19, 1998 through March 25, 1998
Newly Cataloged Objects:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee
Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM
1998-017A SPOT 4 25260 FR 24 Mar 100.9 98.8 811 791
1998-017B ARIANE 40 R/B 25261 FR 24 Mar 101.3 98.9 839 800
1998-018A IRIDIUM 51 25262 IRID 25 Mar 97.2 86.4 634 617
1998-018B IRIDIUM 61 25263 IRID 25 Mar 97.3 86.4 636 621
1998-018C CZ-2C R/B 25264 PRC 25 Mar 92.9 86.4 662 175
1998-018D CS02 S/D 25265 PRC 25 Mar 92.8 86.3 622 195
1998-018E CSL02 DEB 25266 PRC 25 Mar 94.0 86.7 757 179
1998-018F CSL02 DEB 25267 PRC 25 Mar 94.4 86.1 798 182
1998-018G CSL02 DEB 25268 PRC 25 Mar 94.5 86.1 812 170
Objects NO Longer In Orbit:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay
Designation Name Number Source Date Date
1987-078F ARIANE 3 DEB 18364 ESA 16 Sep 1987 18 Mar 1998
1994-029RW PEGASUS DEB 24417 US 19 May 1994 21 Mar 1998
1997-041F SL-12 R/B(AUX M 24900 CIS 14 Aug 1997 21 Mar 1998
1994-029WY PEGASUS DEB 24548 US 19 May 1994 24 Mar 1998
1994-029ACC PEGASUS DEB 24940 US 19 May 1994 29 Mar 1998
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Mike McCants
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