SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 472


A publication of NASA's National Space Science Data Center/World Data Center-A for Rockets and Satellites on behalf of IUWDS/COSPAR
February 25, 1993

SPACEWARN Activities

All information in this publication was received between January 25, 1993, and February 24, 1993.

A. List of New International Designations and Launch Dates.

USSPACECOM Catalog numbers are in parentheses.

1993-012A (22530) Progress M-16 Feb 21 1993-008A (22487) Cosmos 2233  Feb 09
     011A (22521) Astro-D       Feb 20      007A (22446) USA 88       Feb 03
     010C (22514) Cosmos 2236   Feb 17      006A (22321) Cosmos 2232  Jan 26
     010B (22513) Cosmos 2235   Feb 17      005A (22319) Soyuz TM-16  Jan 24
     010A (22512) Cosmos 2234   Feb 17 1992-086B (22518) USA 89       Dec 02
     009B (22490) SCD 1         Feb 09
  ** 009A (22489) OXP-1         Feb 19

** ERROR! Correct date is Feb 09. Correction is announced in SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 480 also.

B. Text of Launch Announcements.

1993-012A
Progress M-16, a C.I.S. automatic cargo craft, was launched toward MIR station to dock with and deliver various supplies. Initial orbital parameters are period 88.7 min, apogee 254 km, perigee 191 km, and inclination 51.6 deg.

1993-011A
ASTRO-D, a Japanese spacecraft, later named as ASUKA (after the early Asuka era of Buddhism) for national usage and as ASCA (Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics) for international usage, was launched from Kagoshima space center. It carried a reflecting x-ray imager for 0.5 - 10.0 keV photons to provide images many times superior to those from an earlier GINGA mission. Emphasis is on remote objects at billions of light years away. It is a joint mission of ISAS and NASA. Initial orbital parameters are period 96.3 min, apogee 650 km, perigee 536 km, and inclination 31.1 deg.

1993-010C
Cosmos 2236, a C.I.S. Global Space Navigation System (GLONASS) spacecraft, was launched (along with Cosmos 2235 and 2234) from Baikonur cosmodrome by a Proton rocket. Initial orbital parameters are period 683.7 min, apogee 19,497 km, perigee 19,198 km, and inclination 64.8 deg.

1993-010B
Cosmos 2235, a C.I.S. Global Space Navigation System (GLONASS) spacecraft, was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome by a Proton rocket. Initial orbital parameters are period 669.7 min, apogee 19,131 km, perigee 18,860 km, and inclination 64.8 deg.

1993-010A
Cosmos 2234, a C.I.S. Global Space Navigation System (GLONASS) spacecraft, was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome by a Proton rocket. Initial orbital parameters are period 676.5 min, apogee 19,146 km, perigee 19,117 km, and inclination 64.8 deg.

1993-009B
SCD 1, a Brazilian meteorological spacecraft, was launched by a Pegasus rocket from Kennedy Space Center. It carried 20 instruments to monitor cloud cover, rain falls, flood levels, tide levels, and air quality over Brazil. Selected data would be available nationally, expeditiously, and at low cost. It does not have imaging cameras. Initial orbital parameters are period 99.7 min, apogee 787 km, perigee 722 km, and inclination 24.9 deg. Also see correction of information in SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 473.

1993-009A
OXP-1, a U.S.A. spacecraft, was launced by a Pegasus rocket from Kennedy Space Center. Initial orbital parameters are period 99.7 min, apogee 871 km, perigee 642 km, and inclination 99.7 deg. Also see correction of information in SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 480 and in SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 507.

1993-008A
Cosmos 2233, a C.I.S spacecraft, was launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome by a Cosmos rocket. Initial orbital parameters are period 104.6 min, apogee 1,021 km, perigee 972 km, and inclination 82.9 deg.

1993-007A
USA 88, a U.S.A. spacecraft in the GPS navigational fleet, was launched from Vandenberg base. Initial orbital parameters are period 355.9 min, apogee 20,341 km, perigee 175 km, and inclination 34.7 deg.

1993-006A
Cosmos 2232, a C.I.S communications spacecraft, was launched. Initial orbital parameters are period 718 min, apogee 39,667 km, perigee 616 km, and inclination 62.7 deg.

1993-005A
Soyuz TM-16, a C.I.S spaceship, was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome to transport two cosmonauts to the MIR station with which it docked on January 26. Initial orbital parameters are period 89.9 min, apogee 308 km, perigee 257 km, and inclination 51.6 deg.

1992-086B
USA 89 was launched from space shuttle USA 86. The delayed announcement did not contain any further information. Also see correction of information in SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 474.

C. Spacecraft Particularly Suited for International Participation

Category I
  1. 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.

  2. Global Positioning System satellites useful for navigational purposes and geodetic studies. To see a list select here.

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

    Designations            Common Name             1993
    1993-012B (22531)     RB/PROGRESS M-16         23 Feb
    1993-010D (22515)     RB/COSMOS 2234-2236      18 Feb
    1992-091A (22280)     COSMOS 2225              18 Feb
    1992-018A (21928)     COSMOS 2183              16 Feb
    1992-078B (22230)     RB/SCOUT 6-1             09 Feb
    1992-071A (22203)     PROGRESS M-15            07 Feb
    1992-046A (22054)     SOYUZ TM-15 (landed)     01 Feb
    1983-046A (14075)     COSMOS 1463              24 Jan
    
    
  4. Miscellaneous Items. (This section contains information/data that are entered on occasion and may not be repeated in each issue of the SPACEWARN Bulletin.)


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