SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 500

A publication of NASA's National Space Science Data Center/World Data Center-A for Rockets and Satellites on behalf of IUWDS/COSPAR
25 June 1995

SPACEWARN Activities

All information in this publication was received between May 25, 1995, and June 24, 1995.

A. List of New International Designations and Launch Dates.

USSPACECOM Catalog numbers are in parentheses. 
1995-029A  (23598) DBS 3        Jun 10
1995-028A  (23596) Cosmos 2313  Jun 08
1995-027A  (23589) USA 111      May 31
1995-026A  (23584) Cosmos 2312  May 24

B. Text of Launch Announcements.

1995-029A
DBS 3, an American geostationary communications spacecraft owned by DirectTV Inc., was launched by an Ariane 42-P rocket from Kourou in French Guiana at 00:24 UT. After reaching the parking longitude of 100.8-W, it will provide 30 TV channels.
1995-028A
Cosmos 2313, a Russian military spacecraft, was launched by a Tsiklon-2 rocket at 04:43 UT from Baykonur cosmodrome. Initial orbital parameters were period 92.7 min, apogee 417 km, perigee 403 km, and inclination 65.0 deg.
1995-027A
USA 111 is an American military spacecraft. Initial orbital parameters were period 461 min, apogee 26,508 km, perigee 290 km, and inclination 27.0 deg.
1995-026A
Cosmos 2312, a Russian military communications spacecraft, was launched by a Molniya-M booster from Plesetsk cosmodrome at 20:10 UT. Initial orbital parameters were period 708 min, apogee 39,275 km, perigee 602 km, and inclination 62.9 km

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.

    The GPS 2-NN series orbit in six distinct planes that are about 60 deg apart. Each plane has four "slots." Following are the 2-NN members in the planes/ slots. The RAAN decreases by about 1.0 deg each month; below are their 24 May, 95 RAAN longitudes. 

    PLANE    RAAN OF PLANE     SLOT-1     SLOT-2      SLOT-3      SLOT-4

  A           243           2-21       2-12        2-15        2-04
  B           303           2-18       2-07        2-02        2-22
  C             5           2-24       2-13        2-19        2-20
  D            67           2-11       2-09        2-05        2-23
  E           125           2-01       2-08        2-03        2-10
  F           185           2-16       2-14        2-06        2-17
  3. Russian Global Navigational (Positioning) Spacecraft, GLONASS constellation. To see a list select here.

    The GLONASS NNN series orbit in three distinct planes that are 120 deg apart. Each plane has eight "slots". Following are the members of the planes/slots. 

           Plane1               Plane2              Plane3
slot1   771         slot 9              slot17   760
slot2   757         slot10              slot18   758
slot3   763         slot11              slot19   777
slot4   762         slot12   767        slot20   765
slot5   249         slot13              slot21   756
slot6   764         slot14   770        slot22   766
slot7   759         slot15              slot23   761
slot8   769         slot16   775        slot24   774
    Coordinational Scientific Information Center (CSIC) Russian Space Forces
    E-mail: sfcsic@iki3.bitnet; sfcsic@iki3.iki.rssi.ru; 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. Additional information is not available. 
    Designations         Common Name                    1995

1995-028B (23597)  TSIKLON-2 Rocket Body           08 Jun
1993-044A (22709)  COSMOS 2258                     08 Jun
1995-028B (23597)  SL-11 Rocket Body               08 Jun
1995-014A (23530)  COSMOS 2311                     31 May
1995-020A (23555)  PROGRESS M-27                   23 May
  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.)

    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 NSSDC Request Coordination Office, Code 633, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771, U.S.A., for specific information (REQUEST@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV). 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 About the SPACEWARN Bulletin for access method; a file in the ACTIVE directory named AAREADME.DOC, outlines the contents.)

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Last updated: 18 July 1995, EVB II