satwk20 report from OIG

Mike McCants (mikem@freeside.fc.net)
Fri, 15 May 1998 13:26:12 -0500 (CDT)

              Weekly Satellite Situation Report


   Date:  May 14, 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: May 07, 1998 through May 13, 1998

Newly Cataloged Objects:

Internatl.                   Catalog Object Launch Period Incli- Apogee Perigee
Designation  Name            Number  Source Date   Mins.  nation KM     KM

1998-027D    SL-6 R/B(2)     25330   CIS    07 May  705.5   63.1  39271     475
1998-028A    ECHOSTAR 4      25331   US     07 May  889.9   10.1  35762   12774
1998-028B    SL-12 R/B(1)    25332   CIS    07 May   87.5   51.6    169     134
1998-028C    SL-12 PLAT      25333   CIS    07 May   87.6   51.6    168     145
1998-028D    SL-12 R/B(2)    25334   CIS    07 May  790.5   15.5  35686    8196
1994-029ADL  PEGASUS DEB     25335   US     19 May  101.0   82.7   1068     546
1998-029A    USA 139         25336   US     09 May    0.0    0.0      0       0
1998-029B    TITAN 4B CENTAU 25337   US     08 May    0.0    0.0      0       0
1998-030A    NOAA-K          25338   US     13 May  101.2   98.7    819     807

Objects NO Longer In Orbit:

Internatl.                   Catalog Object Launch      Decay
Designation  Name            Number  Source Date        Date

1992-010C    ARIANE 44L R/B  21895   ESA    26 Feb 1992 02 May 1998
1994-029EE   PEGASUS DEB     24083   US     19 May 1994 03 May 1998
1998-026H    CZ-2C DEB       25326   PRC    02 May 1998 05 May 1998
1991-003C    ARIANE 44L R/B  21057   ESA    15 Jan 1991 08 May 1998
1998-028B    SL-12 R/B(1)    25332   CIS    07 May 1998 09 May 1998
1998-028C    SL-12 PLAT      25333   CIS    07 May 1998 09 May 1998
1988-069D    SL-6 R/B(2)     19380   CIS    12 Aug 1988 10 May 1998
1998-018D    SMART DISPENSER 25265   PRC    25 Mar 1998 10 May 1998
1983-038A    COSMOS 1456     14034   CIS    25 Apr 1983 11 May 1998
1998-019F    DELTA 2 R/B     25277   US     30 Mar 1998 11 May 1998


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