All information in this publication was received between 01 November 2004 and 30 November 2004.
USSPACECOM Catalog numbers are in parentheses.
COSPAR/WWAS USSPACECOM SPACECRAFT LAUNCH INT.ID CAT. # NAME DATE (UT) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2004-047A (28485) Swift 20 November 2004 2004-046A (28479) Tansuo 2 18 November 2004 2004-045A (28474) Navstar 56 (USA 180) 06 November 2004 2004-044A (28470) Ziyuan-2 3 06 November 2004
NNSS denotes U.S. Navy Navigational Satellite System. Updates or corrections to the list are possible only with information from the user community.
Note: The full list appeared in SPX 545. The list will not be repeated in future issues until significantly revised again.
High precision (<20 cm) GPS constellation tracking data obtained from the network of about 80 dedicated global stations that are of interest to geodetic study may be obtained through the following services provided by the International Association of Geodesy (IGS)
FTP: igscb.jpl.nasa.gov [directory /igscb] WWW: http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/ E-mail: igscb@cobra.jpl.nasa.gov
The standard format of the GPS situation appeared in SPACEWARN Bulletin No. 518.
It will not be repeated since an excellent source of trajectory- and science-related GPS
information is at:
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html
It provides many links to GPS related databases.
The latest addition to the fleet is Navstar 54, 2004-009A.
SPACEWARN requests updates/additions from readers to this list.
All GLONASS spacecraft are in the general Cosmos series. The Cosmos numbers invoked by USSPACECOM have often differed from the numbers (NNNN) associated in Russia; when different, the USSPACECOM Cosmos numbers are shown in parentheses. The corresponding GLONASS numbers are Russian numbers, followed by the numbers in parentheses that are sometimes attributed to them outside Russia.
The operating frequencies in MHz are computed from the channel number K. Frequencies (MHz) = 1602.0 + 0.5625K and L2 = 1246.0 + 0.4375K.
The standard format of the GLONASS situation last appeared in SPACEWARN Bulletin No. 545. It will not be repeated in view of the excellent updated source at: http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/ maintained by the Information-Analytical Center (IAC), Russian Space Agency.
See http://www.space-track.org/perl/bulk_files.pl. Users must register. Conditions apply.
Designations Common Name Decay Date (2004) 1993-025D (22636) R/B(2) Molniya 15 November 1994-058A (23249) TELSTAR 402 14 November 2004-039A (28424) FSW-3 3 09 November 2004-033A (28402) FSW-3 2 07 November 2004-043B (28464) R/B(1) Proton-M 01 November
See http://www.space-track.org/perl/60day_decay_predict.pl. Users must register for access. Conditions apply
Major Satellite Launch Centers:
Name Country Latitude Longitude Comments Cape Canaveral USA 28.5 N 80.6 W Vandenberg AFB USA 34.7 N 120.6 W High-Inclination orbits Wallops USA 36.9 N 75.5 W Kaputsin Yar Russia 48.4 N 45.8 E Inactive since '87 Plesetsk Russia 62.8 N 40.4 E High-Inclination orbits Baikonur Kazakhstan 45.6 N 63.2 E a.k.a Tyuratam Kourou Fr. Guiana/ESA 5.1 N 52.4 W Tanegashima Japan 30.2 N 30.6 E Kagoshima Japan 31.3 N 131.0 E Sriharikota India 13.9 N 80.3 E Xichang China (PRC) 28.3 N 102.2 E Taiyuan China (PRC) 37.5 N 112.6 E Shuang Cheng Tzu China (PRC) 40.6 N 99.9 E a.k.a Jiquan San Marco Kenya & Italy 2.9 N 40.3 E A platform on ocean Yavne Israel 31.5 N 34.5 E Retrograde orbits Woomera Australia 31.1 S 136.8 E Suborbitals only since 1970. Odyssey USA/Russia 0.0 154.0 W Platform on Pacific
NSSDC/WDC for Satellite Information is an archival center for science
data from many spacecraft. Many space physics datasets are on-line for
electronic access through:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/space/
For off-line data, please contact the Request Office, NSSDC, Code 633,
NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, U.S.A., for specific information
(request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Information on the current status of the instruments on board from the
investigators will be most welcomed. Precomputed trajectory files
and orbital parameters of many magnetospheric and heliospheric science-payload
spacecraft may be obtained from:
ftp://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/miscellaneous/orbits/
Other files of interest for Earth-centered spacecraft can be generated via the URL,
http://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Programs related to the heliospheric spacecraft trajectories can be executed
through the URL,
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/space/helios/heli.html
Magnetospheric, Planetary, and Astronomical science data from many spacecraft
may be accessed through links from the URL:
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/sc-query.html