Release | Date | Notes |
LVDB 2.0 | 2010 Oct 28 | Added 1950s Soviet missiles from Asif Siddiqi |
LVDB 2.1 | 2011 Nov 17 | general update |
LVDB 2.2 | 2014 Aug 25 | Added many new Soviet ICBM launches provided by a Russian source, general update |
LVDB 2.3 | 2014 Oct 6 | Added a number of launches from El Arenosillo, Spain, and assorted launch times for US missiles, revised analysis of locations of Redstone launches. |
LVDB 2.4 | 2014 Nov 11 | with more data on Soviet launches. |
LVDB 2.5 | 2015 Jan 12 |
LVDB 2.6 | 2015 Jul 16 |
LVDB 2.7 | 2015 Dec 22 | with new USSR launch time data from Andrey Krasil'nikov |
LVDB 2.8 | 2016 Dec 30 |
LVDB 2.9 | 2017 Sep 7 |
LVDB 2.10 | 2017 Dec 28 |
LVDB 2.11 | 2019 Dec 24 | there were multiple unversioned minor data updates in 2017-2020 |
LVDB 2.12 | 2020 Jun 14 | Changed launch site codes |
GCAT 1.0.1 | 2020 Jun 19 | Pre-release with supporting files only: Orgs, Sites, Platforms |
GCAT 1.0.2 | 2020 Aug 9 | Pre-release with supporting files and launch lists, supersedes LVDB |
GCAT 1.1.0 | 2020 Aug 23 | First full release with object catalogs |
GCAT 1.1.1 | 2020 Aug 23 | Added omitted documentation (intro/orbits.html) |
GCAT 1.1.2 | 2020 Aug 23 | Fixed a few typos and incorrect links |
GCAT 1.1.3 | 2020 Aug 28 | Added some Chinese missile bases to Sites file, minor doc updates |
GCAT 1.1.4 | 2020 Sep 1 | Added new section DERIVED CATALOGS with new catalog `currentcat'. Updated OX flags for lost objects. |
GCAT 1.1.5 | 2020 Sep 1 | Changed the structure of 'currentcat' to fix some issues. |
GCAT 1.1.6 | 2020 Sep 25 | Added new field "Ac" (active satellite flag) to `currentcat' |
GCAT 1.1.7 | 2020 Dec 30 | Added new derived catalog LAUNCHLOG to replace old launchlog.txt, and new intro section on U launches |
GCAT 1.1.8 | 2021 Jan 23 | Added TF and ATT columns to payload catalogs and updated possible values for MVR column |
GCAT 1.1.9 | 2021 Mar 13 | Added support for 'D' descriptor for cubesat deployers in byte 2 of SatType |
GCAT 1.1.10 | 2021 Apr 4 | Added Starlink failure codes to SatType byte 8 |
GCAT 1.2.0 | 2021 Jul 21 | Introduced 'NomCode' nomenclature code support (with only a few values filled) |
GCAT 1.2.1 | 2021 Aug 17 | Added new phase type 'C' for in-orbit collisions (intro/phases.html) and new launch designation 'UNK' for unknown objects (intro/desig.html) |
GCAT 1.2.2 | 2021 Oct 17 | Added new crossindex for deepcat entries, added REFLT status code for relaunched objects, changed LO status code to include object's new catalog number |
GCAT 1.2.3 | 2021 Nov 30 | Added column-description documentation for derived (currentcat, launchlog) tables. |
GCAT 1.2.4 | 2022 Jan 18 | Added new column 'plane' in payload catalogs to record constellation planes |
GCAT 1.2.5 | 2022 Feb 14 | Added parent and sep date columns to 'currentcat' to help generate debris history plots |
GCAT 1.2.6 | 2022 Feb 15 | Added persistent analyst objects to currentcat, and documentation of analyst objects to intro. |
GCAT 1.2.7 | 2022 Feb 16 | Added SatType field to derived catalog 'launchlog' and updated documentation. |
GCAT 1.2.8 | 2022 Mar 24 | Changed meaning of SatType byte 4 value 'K' |
GCAT 1.2.9 | 2022 Mar 25 | Added C3 and SpE values to special (U) launch table |
GCAT 1.2.10 | 2022 Apr 20 | Added orbital period to derived file 'currentcat' |
GCAT 1.2.11 | 2022 Apr 28 | Added lower case 'c' option in sat type for objects with newly-declassified orbital data, see type.html |
GCAT 1.2.12 | 2022 Jun 11 | Minor documentation corrections |
GCAT 1.2.13 | 2022 Sep 12 | Added geosync orbit catalog |
GCAT 1.3.0 | 2022 Sep 25 | Added launch service codes and launch profile codes |
GCAT 1.3.1 | 2022 Sep 26 | LEO upper boundary changed to 2000 km (was previously 2 hour period) |
GCAT 1.3.2 | 2022 Dec 2 | SatType bytes 11 and 12 defined. |
GCAT 1.3.3 | 2022 Dec 26 | CurrentCat added Owner and State fields, current owners for defunct sats updated |
GCAT 1.3.4 | 2023 Mar 27 | Added missing documention to phases.html about OI, OE cases. |
GCAT 1.4.0 | 2023 Apr 13 | Changed suborbital targeted reentry values from 'R' to 'S' to distinguish from uncontrolled reentry |
GCAT 1.5.0 | 2023 Sep 22 | Changed status value EVA to EVA RP and for spacesuits, TFR E changed to EVA DP (repress, depress) |
GCAT 1.5.1 | 2023 Oct 1 | Added status byte 6 value of G for generic cargo accounting, and clarified use of values for all stations |
GCAT 1.5.2 | 2023 Oct 6 | Added status values TO (LO from small bodies) and LOA (extraterrestrial REFLT, LO attached), RET changed to TFR IN |
GCAT 1.5.4 | 2023 Oct 24 | Added Owner and State fields to (derived) launchlog file. |
GCAT 1.5.5 | 2024 May 5 | Added Orbit Payload (OPAY) column to launch lists |