SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 473

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

SPACEWARN Activities

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

A. List of New International Designations and Launch Dates.

USSPACECOM Catalog numbers are in parentheses.

There were no launches during this period.

B. Text of Launch Announcements.

There were no launches during this period.

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
1992-044B (22050)     RB/GEOTAIL               16 Mar
1978-094C (22536)     COSMOS 1043              14 Mar
1967-043B ( 2780)     OPS 1967                 14 Mar
1979-067A (11457)     COSMOS 1116              11 Mar
1993-006B (22322)     COSMOS 2232              09 Mar
1993-002B (22310)     RB/MOLNIYA 1-85          04 Mar
  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.)

    Erratum: In SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 472, 20 weather-related instruments were erroneously reported to be on board the Brazilian spacecraft SCD 1 (1993-009B). Those instruments are ground-based, with the data up-linked to SCD 1.

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