SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 469

A publication of NASA's National Space Science Data Center/World Data Center-A for Rockets and Satellites on behalf of IUWDS/COSPAR

November 25, 1992

SPACEWARN Activities

All information in this publication was received between October 25, 1992, and November 24, 1992.

A. List of New International Designations and Launch Dates.

USSPACECOM Catalog numbers are in parentheses.

1992-080A (22236) Cosmos 2221   Nov 24  1992-074A  (22210) EKRAN 20      Oct 30
     079A (22231) USA 85        Nov 22       073A  (22207) Cosmos 2218   Oct 29
     078A (22229) MSTI          Nov 21       072A  (22205) GALAXY 7      Oct 28
     077A (22226) Cosmos 2220   Nov 20       071A  (22203) Progress M-15 Oct 27
     076A (22219) Cosmos 2219   Nov 17       070C  (22214) CTA           Oct 22
     075A (22217) RESURS 500    Nov 15  1986-017GX (22225) *NAK 2         Nov 20

*See correction in SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 471.

B. Text of Launch Announcements.

1992-080A: Cosmos 2221, a C.I.S. spacecraft, was launched. Inititial orbital parameters are: period 97.8 min, apogee 678 km, perigee 653 km, and inclination 82.5 deg.
1992-079A: USA 85, a U.S.A. GPS spacecraft, was launched. Initial orbital parameters are: period 681.4 min, apogee 20251 km, perigee 18341, and inclination 53.5 deg.
1992-078A: MSTI, a U.S.A. spacecraft, was launched. Initial orbital parameters are: period 92.2 min, apogee 446 km, perigee 341 km, and inclination 96.7 km.
1992-077A: Cosmos 2220, a C.I.S.spacecraft, was launched by a Soyuz rocket from Plesetsk cosmodrome.Initial orbital parameters are: period 89.6 min, apogee 368 km, perigee 178 km, and inclination 67.2 deg.
1992-076A: Cosmos 2219, a C.I.S.spacecraft, was launched by a ZENIT rocket from Baykonur cosmodrome. Initial orbital parameters are: period 102 min, apogee 881 km, perigee 852 km, and inclination 71 deg.
1992-075A: RESURS 500, a C.I.S.spacecraft,was launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome. It carried a descent module containing greetings,etc.,to the American people on the 500th anniversary of Columbus's landing,and was to soft- land west of Seattle (WA) and be retrieved.Initial orbital parameters are:period 90.3 min, apogee 362 km, perigee 224 km, and inclination 82.5 deg.
1992-074A: EKRAN 20, a C.I.S. geostationary communucations spacecraft, was launched by a Proton rocket from Baykonur cosmodrome. It was put in the final circular orbit of distance 35,618 km, period 23 hr, 48 min, and inclination 1.4 deg.
1992-073A: Cosmos 2218, a C.I.S spacecraft, was launched by a Cosmos rocket from Plesetsk cosmodrome. Initial orbital parameters are: period 105 min, apogee 1,028 km, perigee 989 km, and inclination 82.9 deg.
1992-072A: GALAXY 7, a U.S.A. geostationary communications spacecraft, was launched by an Arianne rocket from Kourou in French Guiana. Initial transfer orbital parameters are: period 478.3 min, apogee 27739 km, perigee 134 km, and inclination of 6.9 deg.
1992-071A: Progress M-15, a C.I.S. automatic cargo craft, was launched by a Soyuz rocket to send supplies to the MIR station. Initial orbital parameters are: period 88.5 min, apogee 233 km, perigee 194 km, and inclination 51.6 deg.
1992-070C: CTA (Canadian Target Assembly), a Canadian spacecraft, was released from STS 52. Initial orbital parameters are: period 88.4 min, apogee 243 km, perigee 164 km, and inclination 28.4 deg.
1986-017GX: NAK 2, a C.I.S. spacecraft, was released from the MIR spacestation which was launched February 19, 1986. Initial orbital parameters are: period 92.3 min, apogee 410 km, perigee 391 km, and inclination 51.6 deg. Also see correction of information in SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 471.

C. Spacecraft Particularly Suited for International Participation

Category I

Spacecraft with essentially continuous radio beacons on frequencies less than 150 MHz, or higher frequencies if especially suited for ionospheric or geodetic studies. To see a list select here.
Global Positioning System satellites useful for navigational purposes and geodetic studies. To see a list select here.

Actual decays/landings of payload spacecraft and rocket bodies (R/B) only. Additional information is not available.

Designations          National Name             1992
1992-069B (22190)     RB/COSMOS 2217           25 Nov
1992-077B (22227)     RB/COSMOS 2202           24 Nov
1992-075A (22217)     RESURS 500               22 Nov
1992-062A (22133)     COSMOS 2210              20 Nov
1982-050A (13237)     MOLNIYA 1-54             19 Nov
1992-075B (22218)     RB/RESURS 500            18 Nov
1968-019B ( 3151)     RB/COSMOS 206            05 Nov
1975-076A ( 8127)     COSMOS 756               05 Nov
1992-070A (22194)     STS 52 (landed)          01 Nov
1992-074B (22211)     RB/EKRAN 20              01 Nov
1992-070C (22214)     CTA                      01 Nov
1992-064B (22162)     PRC 36                   31 Oct
1992-071B (22204)     PROGRESS M-15            28 Oct
1992-067B (22179)     RB/MOLNIYA 3-42          28 Oct

Miscellaneous Items. (This section contains information/data that are entered on occasion and may not be repeated in each issue of the SPACEWARN Bulletin.)

Visually Bright Objects

Numbered objects are COSMOS spacecraft; R stands for rocket body. The list is extracted from a larger list kindly provided by Walter Nissen of National Capital Astronomers, and the Smithsonian Institution.


OBJECT             CAT.#  INT.ID  Mag.  OBJECT             CAT.#  INT.ID  Mag.

Agena D            00733  64-  2A  2        1242 R             12155  81-  8B  4 or 5
Agena R?           00815  64- 31C  4        1263 R             12389  81- 33B  3
Atlas Centaur 2    00694  63- 47A  3        1271 R             12465  81- 46B  3
Aureole 1 R        05730  71-119B           1400               13402  82- 79A  4
Aureole 2 R        07004  73-107B  2        1408               13552  82- 92A  3
Aureole 3 R        12849  81- 94B           1437 R             13771  83-  3B
COBE r/b           20323  89- 89B  4 or 5   1455               14032  83- 37A  4
44 R               00877  64- 53B  4        1461               14064  83- 44A  4
100                01843  65-106A  4        1464 R ?           14085  83- 48B
100 R              01844  65-106B           1470               14147  83- 61A  3 or 4
185 R              03019  67-104B  3        1500               14372  83- 99A  3
371 R              04579  70- 83B  4        1500 R             14373  83- 99B  3
389                04813  70-113A  3        1508 R             14484  83-111B  2
426 R              05282  71- 52B  3 or 4   1536               14699  84- 13A  3
476 R              05853  72- 11B  1 or 2   1544               14819  84- 27A  3
494 R              06061  72- 43B  4.89     1544 R             14820  84- 27B  3
660 R              07338  74- 44B  4        1578               15080  84- 68A  3
673 R              07418  74- 66B  3        1603               15333  84-106A  4
744 R              07969  75- 56B  4        1606               15369  84-111A  4.5
808                08754  76- 24A           1606 R             15370  84-111B  4
921 R              10096  77- 55B           1626               15494  85-  9A  3.5
925                10134  77- 61A  1        1656               15755  85- 42A  3.5
925 R              10135  77- 61B  3        1656 R2            15772  85- 42D  2 or 3
1025 R             10974  78- 67B  4        1689 R             16111  85- 90B  2.8
1043 R             11056  78- 94B           1697 R             16182  85- 97B  2
1076               11266  79- 11A  3        1726 R             16496  86-  6B  4
1076 R             11267  79- 11B           1758               16791  86- 48A  3 or 4
1110 R             11427  79- 60B  3        1766               16881  86- 55A
1116               11457  79- 67A  4        1794-1801 R        17146  86- 92J
1151               11671  80-  5A  3        1818               17369  87- 11A  3
1151 R             11672  80-  5B  3        1825               17566  87- 24A  3
1154               11682  80-  8A  3        1833               17589  87- 27A  3 or 4
1171 R             11751  80- 26B           1833 R             17590  87- 27B  2.5
1206               11932  80- 69A           1844               17973  87- 41A  4
1220               12054  80- 89A  2        1844 R             17974  87- 41B  2 or 3
1238 R             12139  81-  3B  3        1892 R             18422  87- 88B  3 or 4
1908 R             18749  88-  1B           GRO                21225  91- 27B  4
1934               18985  88- 23A           HST                20580  90- 37B  2
1939               19045  88- 32A           Intercosmos 19 R   11286  79- 20B  3
1939 R             19046  88- 32B  2        IRAS               13777  83-  4A  3 or 4
1943 R             19120  88- 39B  1 or 2   IRS 1A (r/b?)      18961  88- 21B  4
1954 R             19257  88- 53B  4        LACE               20496  90- 15A  2
1980               19649  88-102A  3        Lacrosse 1         19671  88-106B  1
1980 R             19650  88-102B .4        Lacrosse 2         21147  91- 17A  1
1985 deb           19764  88-113H  4        LandSat 2          07615  75-  4A  4.5
2008-15 R          19910  89- 25J  4        LandSat 4          13367  82- 72A  4.75
2034 R             20150  89- 59B  3        Mao 1 R            04392  70- 34B  3
2053 R             20390  89-100B  3.4      Meteor 1-4 R       04394  70- 37B  3
2058               20465  90- 10A  3        Meteor 1-7         04849  71-  3A  2
2058 R             20466  90- 10B           Meteor 1-9 R       05328  71- 59B  3.8
2082 R             20625  90- 46B  1        Meteor 1-28        10113  77- 57A  3
2084 R2            20666  90- 55D  3        Meteor 1-29 R      11252  79-  5B
2088               20720  90- 66A  4        Meteor 2-14 R      16736  86- 39B
2096               20765  90- 75A  2        Meteor 2-17 R      18821  88-  5B  4
2098 R             20775  90- 78B  3        Meteor 2-20        20826  90- 86A
2100 R             20805  90- 83B  3        Mir                16609  86- 17A  -3 or -2
2106 R             20967  90-104B  4.5 or 5 Nadezhda 2 R       20509  90- 17B  4
2122               21065  91-  5A  4       Nadezhda 3 R        21153  91- 19B  4
2142 R             21231  91- 29B  4        Navstr 2-5 R       20362  89- 97B  3
2151               21422  91- 42A  2        OAO 2 R            03598  68-110B  2 or 3
2151 R             21423  91- 42B  3        OAO 3 (Copernicus) 06153  72- 65A  4
2173 R             21797  91- 81B  3        OAO 3 R            06155  72- 65B  3
2187-94 R          21984  92- 30J  3        Okean 1            19274  88- 56A  4
2208 R             22081  92- 53B  3        Okean 1 R          19275  88- 56B  4
Delta Star         19911  89- 26A  2        Okean 2 R          20511  90- 18B  3.8
DMSP B5D2-2        14506  83-113A  4 or 5   PRC 34 R           21834  91- 88B  3.45
EGP                16908  86- 61A  1        RadSat             06212  72- 76A  4
Elektron 1         00746  64-  6A  4        ROSAT              20638  90- 49A  3 or 4
ERBS               15354  84-108B  3 or 4   SeaSat 1           10967  78- 64A  2
ExoSat R           14096  83- 51B           Spot 2 R           20443  90-  5H
Feng Yun1-2        20788  90= 81A  3        UARS               21701  91- 63B  1.5 or 2
Gamma              20683  90- 58A  2        UME 1              08709  76- 19A  4
GeoSat             15595  85- 21A  3

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