Weekly Satellite Situation Report Date: March 13, 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 05, 1998 through March 11, 1998 Newly Cataloged Objects: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM 1978-068C ATLAS CENT. R/B 25253 US 29 Aug 640.3 21.5 35582 877 1993-059H SL-16 DEB 25254 CIS 16 Sep 101.7 71.0 852 825 1981-043D METEOR 2-7 DEB 25255 CIS 14 May 102.4 81.3 917 827 Objects NO Longer In Orbit: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay Designation Name Number Source Date Date 1992-093GV SL-16 DEB 22510 CIS 25 Dec 1992 03 Mar 1998 1994-029AZ PEGASUS DEB 24004 US 19 May 1994 03 Mar 1998 1994-029SF PEGASUS DEB 24427 US 19 May 1994 04 Mar 1998 1998-010G IRIDIUM 53 DEB 25241 IRID 18 Feb 1998 05 Mar 1998 Date: March 20, 1998 Period: March 12, 1998 through March 18, 1998 Newly Cataloged Objects: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM 1998-015A PROGRESS M-38 25256 CIS 14 Mar 88.7 51.7 230 189 1998-015B SL-4 R/B 25257 CIS 14 Mar 88.6 51.6 225 186 1998-016A UHF F\O F8 25258 US 16 Mar 415.4 26.9 23910 218 1998-016B ATLAS 2 AS CENT 25259 US 16 Mar 413.0 26.9 23785 203 Objects NO Longer In Orbit: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay Designation Name Number Source Date Date 1998-010H IRIDIUM 53 DEB 25242 IRID 18 Feb 1998 14 Mar 1998 1997-059B ATLAS 2AS CENTA 25005 US 05 Oct 1997 15 Mar 1998 1997-081A PROGRESS M-37 25102 CIS 20 Dec 1997 16 Mar 1998 1998-015B SL-4 R/B 25257 CIS 14 Mar 1998 16 Mar 1998 1997-062B CZ-3B R/B 25011 PRC 16 Oct 1997 18 Mar 1998 Posted to SeeSat-L by Mike McCants mikem@fc.net