satwk35.rpt from OIG
Mike McCants (mikem@fc.net)
Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:09:20 -0500 (CDT)
Weekly Satellite Situation Report
Date: August 29, 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.
Object 24868 has not been cataloged by USSPACECOM.
Period: August 21, 1997 through August 27, 1997
Newly Cataloged Objects:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee
Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM
1997-043A IRIDIUM 26 24903 IRID 21 Aug 95.7 86.7 561 545
1997-043B IRIDIUM 25 24904 IRID 21 Aug 95.7 86.7 561 544
1997-043C IRIDIUM 24 24905 IRID 21 Aug 95.7 86.7 561 544
1997-043D IRIDIUM 23 24906 IRID 21 Aug 95.7 86.7 561 543
1997-043E IRIDIUM 22 24907 IRID 21 Aug 95.7 86.7 561 542
1997-043F DELTA 2 R/B 24908 US 21 Aug 92.0 82.6 542 207
1997-044A SSTI LEWIS 24909 US 22 Aug 90.6 97.6 331 307
1997-044B LMLV1 R/B 24910 US 23 Aug 90.4 97.6 312 299
1997-045A ACE 24912 US 25 Aug No elements available
1997-045B DELTA 2 R/B 24913 US 25 Aug No elements available
1981-059F NOAA 7 DEB 24914 US 23 Jun 101.9 98.7 877 833
1981-059G NOAA 7 24915 US 23 Jul 101.7 98.7 850 831
Objects NO Longer In Orbit:
Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay
Designation Name Number Source Date Date
1994-029MQ PEGASUS DEB 24265 US 19 May 1994 17 Aug 1997
1994-029TN PEGASUS DEB 24465 US 19 May 1994 20 Aug 1997
1995-052A COSMOS 2321 23676 CIS 06 Oct 1995 21 Aug 1997
1994-029JT PEGASUS DEB 24192 US 19 May 1994 21 Aug 1997
1994-029NK PEGASUS DEB 24334 US 19 May 1994 22 Aug 1997
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Mike McCants
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