All information in this publication was received between 01 May 2008 and 31 May 2008.
COSPAR/WWAS International ID |
USSSTRATCOM Catalog Number |
Spacecraft Name | Launch Date (UT) |
2008-027A | 32960 | STS 124 | 31 May 2008 |
2008-026A | 32958 | Fengyun 3A | 27 May 2008 |
2008-025D | 32956 | Cosmos 2439 | 23 May 2008 |
2008-025C | 32955 | Cosmos 2438 | 23 May 2008 |
2008-025B | 32954 | Cosmos 2437 | 23 May 2008 |
2008-025A | 32953 | Yubileiny | 23 May 2008 |
2008-024A | 32951 | Galaxy 18 | 21 May 2008 |
2008-023A | 32847 | Progress-M 64 | 14 May 2008 |
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 GPS 2R-18 (2007-062A).
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.
According to CSIC the latest additions to the fleet are 2007-065A, 2007-065B, and 2007-065C.
See http://www.space-track.org/perl/bulk_files.pl. Users must register. Conditions apply.
Designations Common Name Decay Date (2008) 2008-023B (32848) R/B Soyuz-U 18 May
See http://www.space-track.org/perl/60day_decay_predict.pl. Users must register for access. Conditions apply
This section contains information or data that are entered on occasion and may not be repeated in each issue of the SPACEWARN Bulletin.
The following is the updated list of the 10 satellites and their IDs that were launched by the Indian PSLV-C9 rocket on 28 April 2008:
COSPAR/WWAS International ID |
USSSTRATCOM Catalog Number |
Spacecraft Name | Sponsorship |
2008-021A | 32783 | CartoSat 2A | Indian |
2008-021B | 32784 | CanX 6 | Canadian |
2008-021C | 32785 | CUTE 1.7 & AOD2 | Japanese |
2008-021D | 32786 | IMS 1 | Indian |
2008-021E | 32787 | COMPASS 1 | German |
2008-021F | 32788 | AAUSAT CubeSat 2 | Danish |
2008-021G | 32789 | Delfi-C3 | Dutch |
2008-021H | 32790 | CanX 2 | Canadian |
2008-021J | 32791 | SEEDS | Japanese |
2008-021K | 32792 | Rubin 8/PSLV | Indian |
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