N63 22000 y jJ - SPACE OPERATIOOS CCNTROL CENTER GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER NATIOOAL AEROOAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATICN l EENBELT MARY1 AND L - Volume 2 No l SATELLITE SITUATION R E · 1 J anuary 2 1962 -- ---- - The following report reflects data computed and compiled by Goddard Space Flight Center NORAD and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory as of 120oz on J anuary 2 1962 R S '1 '1 iJ Operations Branch - - -- -- - - - -- -- - -- _ fl·- OBJECTS IN ORB IT OBJECT 1958 1958 1958 1959 1959 1Q59 1959 1959 1959 19 59 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 ALPHA 1 BETA 1 BETA 2 ALPHA 1 ALPHA 2 ETA 1 MU NU IOTA 1 IOTA 2 ALPHA BETA 1 BETA 2 BETA 3 BETA 4 GAMMA 2 CODE NAME EXPLORER I ROCKET BODY VANGUARD I VANGUARD II ROCKET BODY VANGUARD II I LUNIK I PIONEER IV EXPLORER VII ROCKET BODY PIONEER V ROCKET BODY TIROS I NONE NONE TRANSIT 1B 1960 GAMMA 4 NONE 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 19 60 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 19 60 1960 1960 1960 SPUTNIK IV NONE NONE MIDAS II TRANSIT 2A EPSILON 1 EPSILON 3 EPSILON 4 ZETA 1 ETA l ETA 2 ETA 3 IOTA 1 IOTA 2 IOTA 3 IOTA 4 IOTA 5 NU 1 NU 2 XI 1 XI 2 XI 3 XI 4 GREB ROCKET BODY ECHO I ROCKET BODY METAL OBJECT METAL OBJECT METAL OBJECT COURIER lB ROCKET BODY EXPLORER VI II ROCKET BODY NONE NONE SOURCE us us us us us us USSR us us us us us us us us us us USSR USSR USSR us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us LAUNCH 1 17 17 17 17 18 2 3 13 13 11 1 1 1 1 13 13 15 15 15 24 22 22 22 12 12 12 12 12 4 4 3 3 3 3 FEB MAR MAR FEB FEB SEP JAN MAR OCT OCT MAR APR APR APR APR APR APR MAY MAY MAY MAY JUN JUN JUN AUG AUG AUG AUG AUG OCT OCT NOV NOV NOV NOV 58 58 58 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 NODAL PERIOD INCL NATION 33 19 106 0 34 26 138 3 34 24 133 8 32 87 125 3 32 90 129 6 33 30 129 7 0 01 450D 0 127 398D 50 31 101 l so 30 100 9 3 35 311 60 99 1 48 41 48 39 99 1 48 46 97 8 48 15 99 8 51 28 94 7 51 21 96 8 65 02 91 6 64 89 93 0 POSITION UNCERTAIN 33 01 94 2 66 77 101 6 66 77 101 6 66 77 101 4 47 30 116 1 47 22 118 0 47 20 118 2 47 23 118 2 47 20 118 3 28 20 106 8 28 29 106 4 49 92 112 4 49 98 112 2 49 39 110 8 50 52 111 7 - 1 - PERIGEE S MILES S MILES APOOEE 217 1084 406 2684 404 2449 313 2079 370 2254 332 2299 1 3177AU 0 9766AU l 1421AU 0 9871AU 344 669 345 656 9951AU 8061AU 429 463 429 467 375 445 434 503 229 401 458 299 275 160 170 352 310 649 657 642 1314 1049 1049 1071 1060 777 756 1409 1398 1327 1363 299 389 381 383 TRANSMITTING MC S FREQ 108 022 107 997 162 216 563 932 941 922 940 577 570 258 256 250 262 107 9709 OBJECTS IN ORBIT CONT'D OBJECT CODE NAME SOURCE IAUNCH NCDAL PC RIOD I • 1·960 1960 1960 t960 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 19 61 1961 1961 19 61 PI 1 PI 2 Pl 3 Pl 4 ALPK 1 ALPHA 2 G H 1A l DELTA 1 DELTA 2 DELTA 3 DELTA 4 EPSILON l ZETA 1 KAPPA 1 l A 'GDA 1 LAMBDA 2 NU l 19 61 OMI CRrn l 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 19 61 1961 1961 1961 OM CROO 2 OMICRON 3-52 RHO l RHO 2 RHO 3 RHO 4 SIG• iA l SIGMA 3 SIGNA 4 UPSILON 1 ALPHA DELTA 1 ALPHA EPSILON 1 TIROO II ROCKET BODY NONE NONE SAMOS II METAL OBJEC T VENUS PROBE EXPLORER IX 2 0CKET BODY NONE NOOE DISCOVERER xx DISCOVERER XXI EXPLO X DI SCOVERER XXI I1 CAPSULE EXl-LORER XI TRANSIT 4A INJUN-SR-3 f8TAL OBJECTS TI RC6 III ROCKET BODY METAL OBJECT METAL OBJECT MIDAS III METAL OBJECT TAL OBJECT EXPLORER XII MIDAS IV DISCOVERER XXXIV us us us us us us USSR us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us us 23 NOV 60 23 NOV 60 23 23 31 31 12 16 16 16 16 17 18 25 NOV 60 NOV 60 JAN 61 JAN 61 FEB 61 FEB 61 FEB 61 FEB 61 FEB 61 FEB 61 FEB 61 8 APR B APR 27 APR 29 JUN 29 JUN 29 JUN 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 12 JUL 61 12 JUL 61 12 JUL 61 12 JUL 61 12 JUL 61 12 JUL 61 12 JUL 61 16 AUG 61 21 OCT 61 5 NOV 61 - 2 - 98 2 98 l 98 l 98 3 94 9 94 9 3000 118 0 118 4 118 1 INCLINATIOO 4 9 5 7 48 57 48 46 48 51 97 40 97 40 0 581 38 81 38 77 38 87 C6ITION UNCERTAIN 93 0 80 91 80 74 93 2 POSITION UNCERTAIN 91 8 95 9 107 8 APOGEE PERIGEE S MILES S MILES 378 461 378 455 383 452 389 455 339 295 295 338 l Ol90AU 0 7133AU 466 1519 379 1627 438 1555 342 387 176 146 10 3 8 82 31 81 94 28 78 66 81 10 3 8 66 82 100 3 100 3 98 8 101 9 161 5 161 2 161 9 1588 3 47 90 47 85 47 92 47 89 91 13 91 15 33 43 4 7651 457 462 376 498 2084 2085 2096 481 96 4 82 52 583 140 91 13 281 166 573 1109 620 619 120 301 547 548 511 503 500 5 63 2197 2178 2205 TRANSM1TIING FREQ 1-C S 54 150 324 400 136 S 108 0 108 03 OBJECTS IN ORBIT CONT'D • OBJECT 1961 1961 1961 1961 ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA 1961 ALPHA ETA 1 ETA 2 ETA 3 KAPPA 1 KAPPA 2 CODE NAME TRANSIT IV-B 1RACC ROCKET BODY DISCOVERER XXXV1 OOCAR LAUNCH SOURCE us us us us us INCLI- NODAL PERIOD NATICN 105 6 105 6 105 5 91 5 91 1 32 43 32 43 32 41 81 21 81 21 15 NOV 61 15 NOV 61 15 NOV 61 12 DEC 61 12 DEC 61 APOGEE S MILES 689 686 687 280 258 RANSMITI'ING rnEQ • £ S PERIGEE S MILES 593 597 136 8 54 324 150 400 136 65 54 324 588 148 146 20 005 40 01 145 APHELION PERIHELION IN ASTRClWMICAL UNI'IS INCUNATICti TO ECUPI'lC FIFTY METAL OBJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN ntE PLANE OF THE 1961 OMICRON l AND 1961 CMICRCN 2 ORBITS ' PLEASE ADD TiiE FOLLCMING TO THE IECAYED OBJECTS LIST • • OBJECT 1961 ALPHA KAPPA 3 CODE NAME SOURCE us METAL OBJECT - 3 - LAUNCH 12 DEC 61 DECAY 20· DEC 61