1993-060A (22808) Cosmos 2264 Sep 17 1993-056A (22787) USA 95 Sep 03 059A (22802) Cosmos 2263 Sep 16 055B (22783) TEMISAT Aug 31 058C (22798) ORFEUS-SPAS Sep 12 055A (22782) METEOR 2-21 Aug 31 058B (22796) ACTS Sep 12 054A (22779) USA 94 Aug 30 058A (22795) STS 51 Sep 12 053A (22777) RESURS F-19 Aug 24 057A (22789) Cosmos 2262 Sep 07
The GPS 2-NN series orbit in six distinct planes that are 60 deg apart. Each plane has four "slots." Following are the members of the planes/slots:
PLANE RAAN OF PLANE SLOT-1 SLOT-2 SLOT-3 SLOT-4 A 269 2-21 2-12 2-15 2-04 B 329 2-18 2-07 2-02 2-22 C 29 (0009) 2-13 2-19 2-20 D 89 2-11 2-09 2-05 ---- E 149 2-01 2-08 2-03 2-10 F 209 2-16 2-14 2-06 2-170009 will soon be replaced by GPS 2-23 (NAVSTAR 34; PRN 4), to be launched in October 1993.
Designations Common Name 1993 1993-058C (22798) ORFEUS-SPAS Retrieved by STS 51 22 Sep 1993-058A (22795) STS 51 Landed on 22 Sep 1993-060B (22809) R/B COSMOS 2264 17 Sep 1993-057B (22790) R/B COSMOS 2262 11 Sep 1993-053A (22777) RESURS F-19 10 Sep 1993-042B (22701) R/B USA 92 30 Aug 1993-049B (22730) R/B MOLNIYA 3-45 30 Aug 1977-057A (10113) METEOR 1-28 28 Aug 1990-079C (20778) R/B SKYNET/EUTELSAT 28 Aug 1993-053B (22778) R/B RESURS F-19 27 Aug
RADCAL (1993-041A/22698), reported in SPX-477, is now identified as a U.S.A. spacecraft launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It is intended to help calibrate radar target cross section data.
There has been much confusion in the names and IDs of three U.S.A. spacecraft. Through a call to USSPACECOM on 28 September, SPACEWARN has now identified the finally corrected version as follows:
NAME ID CATALOG NUMBER LAUNCH DATE USA 93 1993-046A 22719 19 July 1993 USA 94 1993-054A 22779 30 August 1993 USA 95 1993-056A 22787 03 September 1993
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