satwk20 report from OIG
Mike McCants (mikem@freeside.fc.net)
Fri, 15 May 1998 13:26:12 -0500 (CDT)
Weekly Satellite Situation Report
Date: May 14, 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: May 07, 1998 through May 13, 1998
Newly Cataloged Objects:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee
Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM
1998-027D SL-6 R/B(2) 25330 CIS 07 May 705.5 63.1 39271 475
1998-028A ECHOSTAR 4 25331 US 07 May 889.9 10.1 35762 12774
1998-028B SL-12 R/B(1) 25332 CIS 07 May 87.5 51.6 169 134
1998-028C SL-12 PLAT 25333 CIS 07 May 87.6 51.6 168 145
1998-028D SL-12 R/B(2) 25334 CIS 07 May 790.5 15.5 35686 8196
1994-029ADL PEGASUS DEB 25335 US 19 May 101.0 82.7 1068 546
1998-029A USA 139 25336 US 09 May 0.0 0.0 0 0
1998-029B TITAN 4B CENTAU 25337 US 08 May 0.0 0.0 0 0
1998-030A NOAA-K 25338 US 13 May 101.2 98.7 819 807
Objects NO Longer In Orbit:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay
Designation Name Number Source Date Date
1992-010C ARIANE 44L R/B 21895 ESA 26 Feb 1992 02 May 1998
1994-029EE PEGASUS DEB 24083 US 19 May 1994 03 May 1998
1998-026H CZ-2C DEB 25326 PRC 02 May 1998 05 May 1998
1991-003C ARIANE 44L R/B 21057 ESA 15 Jan 1991 08 May 1998
1998-028B SL-12 R/B(1) 25332 CIS 07 May 1998 09 May 1998
1998-028C SL-12 PLAT 25333 CIS 07 May 1998 09 May 1998
1988-069D SL-6 R/B(2) 19380 CIS 12 Aug 1988 10 May 1998
1998-018D SMART DISPENSER 25265 PRC 25 Mar 1998 10 May 1998
1983-038A COSMOS 1456 14034 CIS 25 Apr 1983 11 May 1998
1998-019F DELTA 2 R/B 25277 US 30 Mar 1998 11 May 1998
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Mike McCants
mikem@fc.net