The latest Satellite Situation Report (Nov 14) at the Space Track website shows the box score of orbited objects totaling 28897 but the highest catalogue number in the table of satellites is 4 greater, that is, 28901. Ergo, four catalogue numbers must currently have no objects assigned to them. Sure enough, by scanning through the list, I was able to find three missing catalogue numbers: 26743, 26861, and most recently, 28897. The fourth number remains unaccounted for. Would anyone happen to know what the fourth missing number might be? (Or has the SSR box score simply miscounted?) In a different list, object 26861 is 2001-027C, a piece of MAP debris, but this object is not listed in the SSR. And object 26741 is fragment 1999-057LY, which is also(!) given the number 26751 in the same list, the number under which 1999-057LY is listed in the SSR. I recall this happening back in the 1960s, when #888 went missing for several months and eventually turned up in the SSR as 1964-056B. Drove me nuts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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