SPX-517 25 November 1996 SPACEWARN Activities A publication of NASA NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S and the WWAS for ISES/COSPAR (All information in this publication was received between 25 October 1996 and 24 November 1996.) A. List of New International Designations and Launch Dates (UT). (USSPACECOM Catalog numbers are in parentheses.) 1996-065C (24662) WSF 3 23 Nov 1996-065B (24661) ORFEUS-SPAS 20 Nov 1996-066A (24663) PROGRESS M-33 19 Nov 1996-065A (24660) STS 80 19 Nov 1996-064A (24656) MARS 96 16 Nov 1996-063B (24653) MEASAT 2 13 Nov 1996-063A (24652) ARABSAT 2B 13 Nov 1996-062A (24648) MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR (MGS) 07 Nov 1996-061A (24645) PEGASUS 04 Nov B. Text of Launch Announcements. 1996-065C WSF 3 (Wake Field Facility 3) is an American microgravity module that was released from STS 80. The four-meter diameter, 2,000-kg steel saucer was to grow ultra-purity semiconductors on its rear side where the module's wake is an ultra-vacuum. Its orbital parameters were very close to those of STS 80. It was recaptured by the Shuttle on the 26 November 1996. 1996-065B ORFEUS-SPAS is a 3,500 kg U.S.A.-German UV-astronomy telescope that was released from STS 80; it was to be retrieved after a few days of proximate orbit, with orbital parameters very close to those of STS 80. 1996-066A PROGRESS M-33 is a Russian automatic cargo spacecraft that was launched by a Soyuz-Y rocket from Baykonur to dock with and unload supplies to MIR. It delivered 2,400 kg of food, fuel, and equipment. Initial orbital parameters were period 90.1 min, apogee 308 km, perigee 255 km, and inclination 51.6 deg. 1996-065A STS 80 is an American Shuttle spacecraft that was launched from Cape Canaveral at 19:53 UT. The main mission was to release and recapture two free- flyers, WSF 3 and ORFEUS-SPAS. Initial orbital parameters were period 91.6 min, apogee 358 km, perigee 347 km, and inclination 28.4 deg. 1996-064A MARS 96 is a Russian spacecraft that was launched from Baykonur by a Proton-K rocket. The spacecraft encountered release problems from the fourth stage rocket; after release it re-entered the atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean, after one or two Earth orbits. It was to have enabled collection and analysis of Martian soil by two robotic rovers. 1996-063B MEASAT 2 (Malaysia East Asian Satellite 2) is a Malayan geostationary communications spacecraft that was launched by an Ariane-44L rocket from Kourou in French Guiana at 22:40 UT to provide voice and video communications to Malaysia and neighboring countries. 1996-063A ARABSAT 2B is an Arab League geostationary satellite that was launched from Kourou in French Guiana by an Ariane 44L rocket at 22:40 UT. The 2,600 kg satellite will provide voice and video communications to the Arab countries. 1996-062A MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR (MGS) is an American spacecraft to remote-sense the atmosphere and soil composition of Mars. It was launched by a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 17:01 UT. It is expected to reach Mars-centered orbit during September 1977; after another 180 days of high apogee "aerobraking orbit," it will descend to a low circular "mapping orbit" of period 117 minutes and map the surface features for a total of 687 Earth days. The mapping will be done by a thermal emission spectrometer, a laser altimeter, and three line- scan cameras at visual wavelengths. The telemetry signals from the spacecraft will enable estimation of Martian atmospheric profile. 1996-061A PEGASUS is actually the rocket that was to have launched an Argentine satellite, SAC-B, and an American satellite, HETE. Neither satellite could be separated from PEGASUS, and both remained inoperative. The rocket was launched from an L-1011 aircraft flying out of NASA's Wallops facility in Virginia, U.S.A. C. Spacecraft Particularly Suited for International Participation. 1. Spacecraft with essentially continuous radio beacons on frequencies less than 150 MHz, or higher frequencies if especially suited for ionospheric or geodetic studies. (NNSS denotes U.S. Navy Navigational Satellite System; an asterisk [*] indicates updated/new information since the last issue. Updates or corrections to the list are possible only with information from the user community.) THE FULL LIST APPEARED in SPX-513; A SMALL REVISION APPEARED IN SPX-515. THE LIST WILL APPEAR AGAIN ONLY WHEN MAJOR UPDATES ARE MADE. 2. Global Positioning System satellites useful for navigational purposes and geodetic studies. ("NNN" denotes no national name. SPACEWARN Bulletin appreciates suggestions to update this list. An asterisk [*] denotes changes in this issue. The SPACEWARN Bulletin thanks Richard Langley of the University of New Brunswick for the update.) High precision (< 20 cm) GPS constellation tracking data obtained from the network of about 80 dedicated global stations that are of interest to geodetic study may be obtained through the following services provided by the International Association of Geodesy (IGS). FTP: igscb.jpl.nasa.gov [directory /igscb] WWW: http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/ E-Mail: igscb@cobra.jpl.nasa.gov The standard format of the GPS information appeared in SPX-515. The following E-mail from Richard Langley may be more useful to the user community. From: SMTP%"lang@unb.ca" 7-OCT-1996 12:10:52.26 To: SARDI CC: Subj: Navstar GPS Constellation Status (96-10-07) Navstar GPS Constellation Status (96-10-07) Blk NORAD Orbit Launch II PRN Internat. Catalog Plane Date Seq SVN Code ID Number Pos'n (UT) Clock Available/Decommissioned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Block I 01 04 1978-020A 10684 78-02-22 78-03-29 85-07-17 02 07 1978-047A 10893 78-05-13 78-07-14 81-07-16 03 06 1978-093A 11054 78-10-06 78-11-13 92-05-18 04 08 1978-112A 11141 78-12-10 79-01-08 89-10-14 05 05 1980-011A 11690 80-02-09 80-02-27 83-11-28 06 09 1980-032A 11783 80-04-26 80-05-16 91-03-06 07 81-12-18 Launch failure 08 11 1983-072A 14189 83-07-14 83-08-10 93-05-04 09 13 1984-059A 15039 84-06-13 84-07-19 94-06-20 10 12 1984-097A 15271 84-09-08 84-10-03 95-11-18 11 03 1985-093A 16129 85-10-09 85-10-30 94-04-13 Block II II-1 14 14 1989-013A 19802 E-1 89-02-14 Cs 89-04-15 05:02 UT II-2 13 02 1989-044A 20061 B-3 89-06-10 Cs 89-08-10 20:46 UT II-3 16 16 1989-064A 20185 E-5 89-08-18 Cs 89-10-14 20:21 UT II-4 19 19 1989-085A 20302 A-4 89-10-21 Rb 89-11-23 03:13 UT II-5 17 17 1989-097A 20361 D-3 89-12-11 Cs 90-01-06 03:30 UT II-6 18 18 1990-008A 20452 F-3 90-01-24 Cs 90-02-14 22:26 UT II-7 20 20 1990-025A 20533 90-03-26 90-04-18 96-05-10 II-8 21 21 1990-068A 20724 E-2 90-08-02 Cs 90-08-22 15:00 UT II-9 15 15 1990-088A 20830 D-2 90-10-01 Cs 90-10-15 00:39 UT Block IIA II-10 23 23 1990-103A 20959 E-4 90-11-26 Cs 90-12-10 23:45 UT II-11 24 24 1991-047A 21552 D-1 91-07-04 Rb 91-08-30 04:44 UT II-12 25 25 1992-009A 21890 A-2 92-02-23 Cs 92-03-24 11:00 UT II-13 28 28 1992-019A 21930 C-5 92-04-10 Cs 92-04-25 20:32 UT II-14 26 26 1992-039A 22014 F-2 92-07-07 Cs 92-07-23 19:43 UT II-15 27 27 1992-058A 22108 A-3 92-09-09 Cs 92-09-30 20:08 UT II-16 32 01 1992-079A 22231 F-1 92-11-22 Cs 92-12-11 14:49 UT II-17 29 29 1992-089A 22275 F-4 92-12-18 Cs 93-01-05 16:39 UT II-18 22 22 1993-007A 22446 B-1 93-02-03 Cs 93-04-04 05:20 UT II-19 31 31 1993-017A 22581 C-3 93-03-30 Rb 93-04-13 20:53 UT II-20 37 07 1993-032A 22657 C-4 93-05-13 Cs 93-06-12 16:15 UT II-21 39 09 1993-042A 22700 A-1 93-06-26 Cs 93-07-20 12:54 UT II-22 35 05 1993-054A 22779 B-4 93-08-30 Cs 93-09-28 19:29 UT II-23 34 04 1993-068A 22877 D-4 93-10-26 Cs 93-11-22 18:20 UT II-24 36 06 1994-016A 23027 C-1 94-03-10 Cs 94-03-28 14:20 UT II-25 33 03 1996-019A 23833 C-2 96-03-28 Cs 96-04-09 21:17 UT II-26 40 10 1996-041A 23953 E-3 96-07-16 Rb 96-08-15 15:05 UT II-27 30 30 1996-056A 24320 B-2 96-09-12 Cs 96-10-01 15:28 UT Notes ----- 1. NORAD Catalog Number is also known as U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) object number. 2. No orbital plane position = satellite no longer operational. 3. Clock: Rb = Rubidium; Cs = Cesium. 4. Selective Availability (S/A) had been enabled on Block II satellites during part of 1990; S/A off between about 10 August 1990 and 1 July 1991 due to Gulf crisis; standard level re-implemented on 15 November 1991; occasionally off for test and other purposes. Currently, PRN15 and PRN28 appear to have little or no S/A imposed. 5. Anti-spoofing (A-S) was activated on 94-01-31 at 00:00 UT on all Block II satellites (ref. NANU 050-94042); occasionally off for test and other purposes. A-S was turned off on all satellites at 20:00 UT on 95-04-19 and back on on 95-05-10; off again between 95-06-19 and 95-07-10; and between 95-10-10 and 95-10-31. A-S has been off on PRN28 since 95-02-21. 6. PRN number of SVN32 was changed from 32 to 01 on 93-01-28. 7. The active clock on PRN01 was switched from a Rb to a Cs between 96-08-16 and 96-08-22 (ref. USNO and NANUs 134-96229 and 141-96234). 8. PRN05 and PRN06 are equipped with corner-cube reflectors for satellite laser ranging (SLR). SLR tracking of the satellites will permit onboard clock errors and satellite ephemeris errors in GPS tracking to be differentiated. 9. The decommissioning date for PRN06/SVN03 is the date of termination of operations of this satellite (ref. USNO) and is about 3 weeks later than other published dates for "deactivation." 10. PRN16 will be moved from the E-3 slot to the E-5 slot to make room for PRN10. An orbit maneouvre was carried out on 96-08-19 (ref. NANUs 120-96204, 137-96232). 11. PRN20 has been unusable since 15:18 UT on 96-05-10 and will not return to service (ref. NANU 118-96204). Cause of failure: loss of 3-axis stabilisation. PRN20 was moved out of the B-2 slot to make room for PRN30 (ref. NANU 162-96256). 12. PRN28 has been moved from the C-2 slot to the C-5 slot, about 40 degrees away. This move, which was initiated on 96-03-06 by lowering the orbit of PRN28 by about 6 km, made way for PRN03. PRN03 is a backup for PRN28 which has some undisclosed equipment problem. PRN28 will remain on the air, with some subsystems shut down to conserve power (ref. NANUs 045-96066, NANU 068-96100, and GPS World Newsletter). The move was completed on 96-08-23 (ref. NANUs 127-96236 and 144-96236). 13. PRN30 (SVN30) was launched on 96-09-12 at 08:49 UT. It achieved initial usable status on 96-10-01 at 15:28 UT (ref. NANUs 162-96256 and 171-96275). 14. Announced date of next scheduled launch: 97-01-13 (first Block IIR satellite). 15. Compiled by Richard B. Langley, Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick. =============================================================================== Richard B. Langley Internet: LANG@UNB.CA or SE@UNB.CA Geodetic Research Laboratory BITnet: LANG@UNB or SE@UNB Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: (506) 453-5142 University of New Brunswick FAX: (506) 453-4943 Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 Telex: 014-46202 Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://degaulle.hil.unb.ca/NB/fredericton.html =============================================================================== 3. Russian Global Navigational (Positioning) Spacecraft, GLONASS constellation. (SPACEWARN requests updates/additions from readers to this list. An asterisk [*] indicates updates or additions to the list.) All GLONASS spacecraft are in the general COSMOS series. The COSMOS numbers invoked by USSPACECOM have sometimes differed from the numbers (NNNN) associated in Russia. The corresponding GLONASS numbers are Russian numbers. The operating frequencies in MHz are computed from the channel number K. Frequencies (MHz) are L1 = 1602.0 + 0.5625K and L2 = 1246.0 + 0.4375K. The standard format of the GLONASS situation appeared in SPX-515. The following E-mail from CSIC may be more useful to the user community. From: AMES::"sfcsic@iki.rssi.ru" "CSIC of Russian Space Forces" 26-NOV-1996 08:07:44.48 Subj: LATEST GLONASS CONSTELLATION STATUS 1.STATUS Information Group GLONASS Constellation Status (November 26, 1996) GLONASS Cosmos Plane/ Frequ. Launch Intro Status Outage number number slot chann. date date date 769 2178 1/8 2 30.01.92 22.02.92 operating 771 2179 1/1 23 30.01.92 18.02.92 unusable 25.10.96 756 2204 3/21 24 30.07.92 19.08.92 operating 759 2235 1/7 21 17.02.93 25.08.93 operating 757 2236 1/2 5 17.02.93 14.03.93 operating 758 2275 3/18 10 11.04.94 04.09.94 operating 760 2276 3/17 24 11.04.94 18.05.94 operating 761 2277 3/23 3 11.04.94 16.05.94 operating 767 2287 2/12 22 11.08.94 07.09.94 operating 770 2288 2/14 9 11.08.94 04.09.94 operating 775 2289 2/16 22 11.08.94 07.09.94 operating 762 2294 1/4 12 20.11.94 11.12.94 operating 763 2295 1/3 21 20.11.94 15.12.94 operating 764 2296 1/6 13 20.11.94 16.12.94 operating 765 2307 3/20 1 07.03.95 30.03.95 operating 766 2308 3/22 10 07.03.95 05.04.95 operating 777 2309 3/19 3 07.03.95 06.04.95 operating 780 2316 2/15 4 24.07.95 26.08.95 operating 781 2317 2/10 9 24.07.95 22.08.95 operating 785 2318 2/11 4 24.07.95 22.08.95 operating 776 2323 2/9 6 14.12.95 07.01.96 operating 778 2324 2/9 11 14.12.95 spare 782 2325 2/13 6 14.12.95 18.01.96 operating Note: All the dates (DD.MM.YY) are given at Moscow Time (UTC+0300) 2.SUMMARY Information Group SUBJ:GLONASS STATUS 26 NOVEMBER 96 1.SATELLITES, PLANES, SLOTS AND CHANNELS Plane 1/ slot: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 Channel: -- 05 21 12 -- 13 21 02 Plane 2/ slot: 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Channel 06 09 04 22 06 09 04 22 Plane 3/ slot: 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Channel: 24 10 03 01 24 10 03 -- 2.CURRENT ADVISORIES (ADV) AND FORECASTS (FCST) INFORMATION IS REPEATED FOR ONE MONTH AFTER EVENT CONCLUDES. ALL THE DATES (DD.MM.YY) ARE GIVEN AT MOSCOW TIME (UTC+0300) A. FORECASTS NAGU-MSG.DATE-TIME-SL/CH-TYPE-SUMMARY 219-961110-11.10.96-1100-08/02-FCST-OUTAGE 11.11/0358-11.11/0515 220-961110-11.10.96-1100-12/22-FCST-OUTAGE 11.11/0930-11.11/1023 221-961110-11.10.96-1100-07/21-FCST-OUTAGE 11.11/0229-11.11/0320 232-961126-26.11.96-1200---/---FCST-TIME CORRECTION 27.11/0300 B. ADVISORIES NAGU-MSG.DATE-TIME-SL/CH-TYPE-SUMMARY 218-961031-31.10.96-1100-01/23-ADVS-UNUSABLE 25.10/1700-UNFINISHED 222-961110-10.11.96-1100-07/21-ADVS-UNUSABLE 08.11/1701-08.11/1732 223-961111-11.11.96-1100-08/02-ADVS-UNUSABLE 11.11/0358-11.11/0515 224-961111-11.11.96-1100-12/22-ADVS-UNUSABLE 11.11/0930-11.11/1023 225-961111-11.11.96-1100-07/21-ADVS-UNUSABLE 11.11/0229-11.11/0320 226-961112-12.11.96-1100-03/21-ADVS-UNUSABLE 12.11/0352-12.11/0620 227-961112-12.11.96-1100-20/01-ADVS-UNUSABLE 12.11/0831-12.11/0948 228-961114-14.11.96-1100-21/24-ADVS-UNUSABLE 13.11/0930-UNFINISHED 229-961118-18.11.96-1100-21/24-ADVS-PUT INTO OPERATION 17.11/0052 230-961118-18.11.96-1100-18/10-ADVS-UNUSABLE 17.11/1634-17.11/1658 231-961122-22.11.96-1100-04/12-ADVS-UNUSABLE 22.11/0357-22.11/0444 C. GENERAL: NO IMPACT, INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY NAGU-MSG.DATE-TIME-SL/CH-TYPE-SUMMARY 3.NAGU Information Group 218-961031 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 218-961031 SUBJ: 01/23(771) UNUSABLE 25.10/1700 MT-UNFINISHED 1.CONDITION: 01/23(771) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 25.10/1700 MT (UTC+0300) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO MAINTENANCE 2.USERS ARE REMINDED TO UPDATE ALMANACS IF NECESSARY 3.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 219-961110 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 219-961110 SUBJ:FORECAST OUTAGE SUMMARY 08/02(769) 11.11/0358-11.11/0515 MT 1.CONDITION: 08/02(769) IS SCHEDULED TO BE UNUSABLE ON 11.11/0358 UNTIL 11.11/0515 MT (UTC+0300) DUE TO MAINTENANCE 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 220-961110 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 220-961110 SUBJ:FORECAST OUTAGE SUMMARY 12/22(767) 11.11/0930-11.11/1023 MT 1.CONDITION: 12/22(767) IS SCHEDULED TO BE UNUSABLE ON 11.11/0930 UNTIL 11.11/1023 MT (UTC+0300) DUE TO MAINTENANCE 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 221-961110 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 221-961110 SUBJ:FORECAST OUTAGE SUMMARY 07/21(759) 11.11/0229-11.11/0320 MT 1.CONDITION: 07/21(759) IS SCHEDULED TO BE UNUSABLE ON 11.11/0229 UNTIL 11.11/0320 MT (UTC+0300) DUE TO MAINTENANCE 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 222-961110 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 222-961110 SUBJ: 07/21(759) UNUSABLE 08.11/1701-08.11/1732 MT 1.CONDITION: 07/21(759) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 08.11/1701 UNTIL 08.11/1732 MT (UTC+0300) 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 223-961111 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 223-961111 REF: NAGU 219-961110 SUBJ: 08/02(769) UNUSABLE 11.11/0358-11.11/0515 MT 1.CONDITION: 08/02(769) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 11.11/0358 UNTIL 11.11/0515 MT (UTC+0300) 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 224-961111 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 224-961111 REF: NAGU 220-961110 SUBJ: 12/22(767) UNUSABLE 11.11/0930-11.11/1023 MT 1.CONDITION: 12/22(767) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 11.11/0930 UNTIL 11.11/1023 MT (UTC+0300) 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 225-961111 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 225-961111 REF: NAGU 221-961110 SUBJ: 07/21(759) UNUSABLE 11.11/0229-11.11/0320 MT 1.CONDITION: 07/21(759) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 11.11/0229 UNTIL 11.11/0320 MT (UTC+0300) 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 226-961112 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 226-961112 SUBJ: 03/21(763) UNUSABLE 12.11/0352-12.11/0620 MT 1.CONDITION: 03/21(763) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 12.11/0352 UNTIL 12.11/0620 MT (UTC+0300) 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 227-961112 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 227-961112 SUBJ: 20/01(765) UNUSABLE 12.11/0831-12.11/0948 MT 1.CONDITION: 20/01(765) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 12.11/0831 UNTIL 12.11/0948 MT (UTC+0300) 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 228-961114 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 228-961114 SUBJ: 21/24(756) UNUSABLE 13.11/0930 MT-UNFINISHED 1.CONDITION: 21/24(756) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 13.11/0930 MT (UTC+0300) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO MAINTENANCE 2.USERS ARE REMINDED TO UPDATE ALMANACS IF NECESSARY 3.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 229-961118 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 229-961118 REF: NAGU 228-961114 SUBJ: 21/24(756) PUT INTO OPERATION IN 17.11/0052 (UTC+0300) MT 1.CONDITION: 21/24(756) WAS PUT INTO OPERATION ON 17.11/0052 MT (UTC+0300) 2.USERS ARE REMINDED TO UPDATE ALMANACS IF NECESSARY 3.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 230-961118 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 230-961118 SUBJ: 18/10(758) UNUSABLE 17.11/1634-17.11/1658 MT 1.CONDITION: 18/10(758) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 17.11/1634 UNTIL 17.11/1658 MT (UTC+0300) 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 231-961122 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 231-961122 SUBJ: 04/12(762) UNUSABLE 22.11/0357-22.11/0444 MT 1.CONDITION: 04/12(762) WAS UNUSABLE SINCE 22.11/0357 UNTIL 22.11/0444 MT (UTC+0300) 2.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 232-961126 NOTICE ADVISORY TO GLONASS USERS (NAGU) 232-961126 SUBJ: TIME CORRECTION 27.11/0300-27.11/2300 MT 1.CONDITION: THE VALUE OF WORD "tau_s"=(UTC(SU)-TGLONASS) WITHIN NAVIGATION MESSAGE OF ALL GLONASS SATELLITES WILL BE INVALID SINCE 27.11/0300 MT UNTIL 27.11/2300 MT (UTC+0300) BECAUSE OF SCHEDULED UTC(SU) CORRECTION TO UTC AND CORRESPONDING RE-UPLOADING "tau_s." 2.USERS ARE REMINDED TO UPDATE ALMANACS AFTER 27.11/2300 MT 3.POC:CSIC RSF AT +7-095-330-91-74 _____________________________________________________________________ Mail: PO BOX 14, Coordinational Scientific Moscow, 117279 ,Russia Information Center (CSIC) Russian Space Forces Tel: +7 095 333-81-33 RUSSIA, Moscow, Profsoyuznaya ulitsa, 84/32. +7 095 330-91-74 Fax: +7 095 334-23-00 E-mail: sfcsic@mx.iki.rssi.ru Home page WWW.IKI: http://www.rssi.ru/SFCSIC/SFCSIC_main.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Actual decays/landings of payload spacecraft and rocket bodies (R/B) only. No further information is available. Designations Common Name 1996 1996-032D (23876) PAM-STU 26 Oct 1996-043A (24071) PROGRESS M-32 21 Nov 1996-064A (24656) MARS 96 18 Nov 1986 049A (16802) MOLNIYA 3-29 10 Nov 1996-045B (24274) R/B MOLNIYA 1 21 Sep 5. Miscellaneous Items. (This section contains information/data that are entered on occasion and may not be repeated in each issue of the SPACEWARN Bulletin.) MUSES-B/VSOP LAUNCH ------------ From: SMTP%"yana@crl.go.jp" 27-NOV-1996 01:22:06.96 To: KING CC: Subj: SPACEWARN Message-Id: <199611270622.PAA06166@crlsv.crl.go.jp> To: KING@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV Cc: yana@crl.go.jp Subject: SPACEWARN From: Tomio Yanagiya X-Mailer: WINBIFF [Version 1.60] References: <199611260549.OAA10350@crlsv.crl.go.jp> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 15:22:00 +0900 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii KING@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV 27/0600Z NOV 96 FM CRL KOKUBUNJI JAPAN 232611 DEMPA J TO WWA FOR SATELLITES WORLD DATA CENTER-A GSFC CODE 632.2 GBLT MD SPACEWARN 33851 PRELAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT SPACECRAFT NAME MUSES-B/VSOP PLANNED LAUNCH DATE FEB. 7,1997 COUNTRY JAPAN ORBIT TYPE ELLIPTIC ORBIT PERIGEE 1,000 KM APOGEE 20,000 KM INCLINATION 31.3 DEGREE COVERAGE CYCLE DURATION NOT APPLICABLE TIME OF DESCENDING NODE EQUATOR CROSSING NOT APPLICABLE WEIGHT 830 KG ORBIT PERIOD 6 HOUR POSITION OF STATIONARY ORBIT NOT APPLICABLE ALLOWED LONGITUDE ERROR NOT APPLICABLE TRANSMITTING FREQUENCY AND OUTPUT POWER 2.2GHz, 2.5W MISSION LIFE 3- 5 YEARS LAUNCH ORGANIZATION INSTITUTE OF SPACE AND ASTRONAUTICAL SCIENCE (ISAS) SPACECRAFT 1. RADIO ASTRONOMY USING SPACE VLBI TECHNIQUE 2. TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT INCLUDING LARGE ANTENNA DEPLOYMENT [SPACEWARN Bulletin invites other national agencies to provide pre-launch announcements in very similar format and as electronic mail only to Dr. J. H. King, director, WDC-A-R&S: king@nsscda.gsfc.nasa.gov.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NSSDC/WDC-A-R&S is an archival center for science data from many spacecraft. Some data are on line for electronic access. Please contact the Request Office, NSSDC, Code 633, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, U.S.A., for specific information (REQUEST@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV). Information on the current status of the instruments on board from the investigators will be most welcomed. Precomputed trajectory files and orbital parameters of many magnetospheric and heliospheric science-payload spacecraft may be FTP'ed from NSSDC's ANON_DIR:[000000.ACTIVE] and its several subdirectories. (See the last page of the bulletin for the access method; a file in the ACTIVE directory named AAREADME.DOC outlines the contents.) It can also be accessed through the WWW URL http://sscop1.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc.html This HTML also enables executing several codes related to the orbits of many geocentric science payload spacecraft. The codes related to the heliospheric spacecraft trajectories can be executed through the URL http://nssdc/space/helios/heli.html Magnetospheric, planetary, and astronomical science data from many spacecraft may be accessed through links from the URL http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ =========================================================================== SPACEWARN Bulletin ------------------ The Bulletin is intended to serve as an international communication medium for the rapid distribution of information on satellites and space probes. The material it contains is based on guidelines in the COSPAR Guide to Rocket and Satellite Information and Data Exchange, COSPAR Transactions #8, December 1972, and various Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) resolutions. Hard copy recipients and electronic accessers are encouraged to disseminate the bulletin to interested individuals and institutions in their regions or countries. All bulletins beginning with January 1991 (SPX-447) are now available on line; the SPX number increases by one for each succeeding month (for example, the January 1993 bulletin is SPX-471). Through DECnet: At prompt type: copy nssdca::anon_dir:[000000.active.spx]spx.471 Through FTP: At prompt type: ftp nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov At the next prompt type: anonymous At the PASSWORD (NSSDCA.GSFC.GOV.ANONYMOUS) prompt hit: return At the next prompt type: get anon_dir:[000000.active.spx]spx.471 spx.471 Other subdirectories in [000000.active] carry many files of interest on science payload spacecraft. The bulletin may also be accessed through the World Wide Web (WWW). The URL is http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spacewarn.html. Users are urged to submit their comments and suggestions for the improvement of this bulletin to SPACEWARN Bulletin, World Data Center-A for Rockets and Satellites, Code 633, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 U.S.A. Categories of Spacecraft To improve the effectiveness of international distribution of satellite and space probe information via the SPACEWARN system, spacecraft are identified in categories according to the urgency and detail of information needed by the scientific community as follows: CATEGORY 1: Spacecraft that carry essentially continuous telemetry or radio beacons, usually on frequencies less than 150 MHz. CATEGORY 2: GPS constellation of positioning/navigational spacecraft. CATEGORY 3: GLONASS constellation of positioning/navigational spacecraft. CATEGORY 4: Occassionally, a list of bright, orbiting objects of visual magnitude 4 or brighter. The bulletin also carries launch dates, international ID's and USSPACECOM catalog numbers, followed by a brief outline of the payload and orbital parameters, re-entry of major objects, and miscellaneous sections. These data are based on launch announcements or on information received from individuals, launching authorities, FBIS and USSPACECOM telexes, and news magazines.