Weekly Satellite Situation Report Date: December 15, 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. Period: December 04, 1997 through December 10, 1997 Newly Cataloged Objects: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM 1994-029ADH PEGASUS DEB 25075 US 19 May 91.3 81.6 366 336 1996-049H PEGASUS DEB 25076 US 21 Aug 130.1 83.0 3933 324 1997-077A IRIDIUM 42 25077 IRID 08 Dec 97.3 86.3 654 644 1997-077B IRIDIUM 44 25078 IRID 08 Dec 97.3 86.3 654 643 1997-077C CZ-2C R/B 25079 PRC 08 Dec 92.9 86.3 654 177 1997-077D CZ-2C PLAT 25080 PRC 08 Dec 92.8 86.2 625 213 1997-077E CZ-2C DEB 25081 PRC 08 Dec 93.4 86.6 705 175 1997-077F CZ-2C DEB 25082 PRC 08 Dec 93.3 86.6 700 170 1997-077G CZ-2C DEB 25083 PRC 08 Dec 92.8 86.3 649 177 1997-077H CZ-2C DEB 25084 PRC 08 Dec 97.4 86.7 845 427 1991-009CX SL-8 DEB 25085 CIS 12 Feb 118.1 74.1 1754 1456 1997-078A GALAXY 8 25086 US 08 Dec 936.3 27.0 50491 158 1997-078B CENTAUR R/B 25087 US 08 Dec 937.1 27.0 50515 168 1997-079A COSMOS 2348 25088 CIS 09 Dec 92.8 65.0 434 420 1993-032D PAM-D DEB 25090 US 13 May 322.8 34.8 18203 214 Objects NO Longer In Orbit: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay Designation Name Number Source Date Date 1994-029AF PEGASUS DEB 23985 US 19 May 1994 26 Nov 1997 1994-029LU PEGASUS DEB 24245 US 19 May 1994 30 Nov 1997 1994-029YQ PEGASUS DEB 24588 US 19 May 1994 01 Dec 1997 1994-029NV PEGASUS DEB 24344 US 19 May 1994 02 Dec 1997 1994-029UT PEGASUS DEB 24494 US 19 May 1994 02 Dec 1997 1986-017KL MIR DEB 23892 CIS 19 Feb 1986 04 Dec 1997 1994-029RA PEGASUS DEB 24397 US 19 May 1994 04 Dec 1997 1997-073A STS 87 25061 US 18 Nov 1997 05 Dec 1997 1997-073B SPARTAN 25062 US 18 Nov 1997 05 Dec 1997 1997-076B SL-12 R/B(1) 25072 CIS 02 Dec 1997 05 Dec 1997 1994-029UK PEGASUS DEB 24486 US 19 May 1994 06 Dec 1997 1994-029CL PEGASUS DEB 24039 US 19 May 1994 08 Dec 1997 1997-079B SL-11 R/B 25089 CIS 09 Dec 1997 10 Dec 1997 Posted to SeeSat-L by Mike McCants mikem@fc.net