Weekly Satellite Situation Report Date: January 05, 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: December 25, 1997 through December 31, 1997 Newly Cataloged Objects: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee Designation Name Number Source Date Mins. nation KM KM 1980-028F COSMOS 1172 DEB 25130 CIS 12 Apr 94.3 61.7 898 72 Objects NO Longer In Orbit: Internatl. Catalog Object Launch Decay Designation Name Number Source Date Date 1986-017ME MIR DEB 24952 CIS 19 Feb 1986 27 Dec 1997 1997-086B SL-12 R\B 25127 CIS 23 Dec 1997 27 Dec 1997 Posted to SeeSat-L by Mike McCants mikem@fc.net