satwk31.rpt from OIG

Mike McCants (mikem@sterinfo.com)
Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:19:29 -0500

Here is satwk31.rpt from OIG:


                        WEEKLY SATELLITE SITUATION REPORT


    This report is prepared weekly as a supplement to the monthly Satel-
    lite 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 calendar week 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.

    This report is prepared and made available by the Operations Management
    Section, Code 513.1, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland,
    USA 20771.

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                                                   Date: August 01, 1996


                    Period: July 25 through July 31

                         Newly Cataloged Objects


INTERNATIONAL          CATALOG OBJECT  LAUNCH  PERIOD  INCLI-  APOGEE PERIGEE
IDENTIFIER     NAME    NUMBER  SOURCE   DATE   MINS.   NATION    KM     KM

1996 042A  UHF F/OF 7  23967     US    25 JUL  1203.6    6.4    36537  25672
1996 042B              23968     US    25 JUL   473.2   26.9    27181    298
1994 029P              23969     US    19 MAY    97.2   81.8      706    544
THROUGH
1994 029EZ             24102     US    19 MAY    98.0   81.8      732    595


       OBJECT NUMBERS 23994, 24071, 24072 HAVE NOT BEEN CATALOGED.


                          Objects No Longer In Orbit


INTERNATIONAL               CATALOG          OBJECT       LAUNCH       DATE
IDENTIFIER     NAME         NUMBER           SOURCE        DATE       DECAYED

1992 093FA                   22461            CIS        25 DEC      24 JUL
1971 003C                    18277            CIS        20 JAN      28 JUL

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Object 23994 shows up as:

1 23994U 95033E   96214.32635696 +.00000116 +00000-0 +29178-4 0 00236
2 23994 098.1044 150.5918 0009106 047.4112 312.7854 14.67248391000745

Objects 24071 and 24072 are a Progress and its (decayed) rocket:

1 24071U 96043A   96215.20667296  .00022870  11220-4  10000-3 0    69
2 24071  51.6468 252.4297 0029707 107.2704 253.1556 15.86153268   229
1 24072U 96043B   96215.48147126  .04253225  12266-4  56177-3 0   100
2 24072  51.6005 250.4493 0013084  82.4406 277.8089 16.34440697   275

Mike McCants
mikem@fc.net