satwk19 report from OIG
Mike McCants (mikem@freeside.fc.net)
Fri, 8 May 1998 10:13:50 -0500 (CDT)
Weekly Satellite Situation Report
Date: May 08, 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: April 30, 1998 through May 06, 1998
Newly Cataloged Objects:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee
Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM
1998-025D SL-12 R/B(2) 25318 CIS 29 Apr 1444.9 2.3 36116 35801
1998-026A IRIDIUM 69 25319 IRID 02 May 98.0 86.4 667 662
1998-026B IRIDIUM 71 25320 IRID 02 May 97.4 86.4 644 627
1998-026C CZ-2C R/B 25321 PRC 02 May 92.7 86.4 631 178
1998-026D CZ-2C SMART DIS 25322 PRC 02 May 92.8 86.3 614 209
1998-026E CZ-2C DEB 25323 PRC 02 May 92.9 86.6 660 174
1998-026F CZ-2C DEB 25324 PRC 02 May 94.6 86.4 825 172
1998-026G CZ-2C DEB 25325 PRC 02 May 94.5 86.3 832 155
1998-026H CZ-2C DEB 25326 PRC 02 May 91.3 86.1 510 167
1998-027A COSMOS 2351 25327 CIS 07 May 704.8 63.0 39200 509
1998-027B SL-6 R/B(1) 25328 CIS 07 May 91.8 62.8 491 230
1998-027C SL-6 PLAT 25329 CIS 07 May 91.8 62.9 523 200
Objects NO Longer In Orbit:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay
Designation Name Number Source Date Date
1987-079M SL-12 DEB 25144 CIS 16 Sep 1987 25 Apr 1998
1983-075AG COSMOS 1484 DEB 22943 CIS 24 Jul 1983 28 Apr 1998
1986-017MM MIR DEB 25283 CIS 19 Feb 1986 30 Apr 1998
1998-019G IRIDIUM DEB 25298 IRID 30 Mar 1998 30 Apr 1998
1998-025C SL-12 PLAT 25317 CIS 29 Apr 1998 30 Apr 1998
1998-025B SL-12 R/B(1) 25316 CIS 29 Apr 1998 02 May 1998
1998-022A STS 90 25297 US 16 Apr 1998 03 May 1998
Posted to SeeSat-L by
Mike McCants
mikem@fc.net