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Subj: STS-78 Rev 4 Orbital Data
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Subject: STS-78 Rev 4 Orbital Data
S T S - 7 8 O R B I T A L D A T A
Below is the rev 4 State Vector and Keplerian Elements for STS-78.
The vector data comes from NASA; the orbital parameters were computed
from the vector. Hourly vector updates are available from NASA GSFC
OIG RAID RBBS at (301) 262-6782 or by telnet: oig1.gsfc.nasa.gov
(UserID = oig / Password = goddard1).
Vector format = 117
Satellite Name: STS-78
Catalog Number: 23931 96036A
Epoch Date/Time: 96172.83467476852
06/20/1996 20:01:55.899 UTC
EFG E: 21139964 ft
F: -1257310 ft
G: -5257264 ft
Edot: -2552.49 ft/s
Fdot: 18979.56 ft/s
Gdot: -14782.98 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00012893957 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 6.92971E-10 rev/day^3
Bstar: 2.33334E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 2
Rev @ Epoch: 4.56254722522
Launch was 20-JUN-96 / 14:49:00.093
The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 0.25 drag multiplier:
STS-78
1 23931U 96036A 96172.83467477 .00012894 69297-9 23333-4 0 22
2 23931 39.0147 8.5280 0007428 273.7110 288.8063 16.00403131 47
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96172.83467477
Element set: 2
Inclination: 39.0147 deg
RA of node: 8.5280 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0007428
Arg of perigee: 273.7110 deg
Mean anomaly: 288.8063 deg
Mean motion: 16.00403131 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.28940e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 4
Checksum: 285
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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