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N2WWD  > SAREX    26.06.96 02:58l 63 Lines 1916 Bytes #-10970 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-78 Rev 67 Orbital Data
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         S T S - 7 8   O R B I T A L   D A T A
 
Below is the rev 67 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:        96176.75203356482
                        06/24/1996  18:02:55.700 UTC
EFG E:                            9771394 ft
    F:                          -16869114 ft
    G:                            9784045 ft
    Edot:                        20712.39 ft/s
    Fdot:                         5474.57 ft/s
    Gdot:                       -11217.76 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00013996803 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       8.16003E-10 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        2.37010E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               15
Rev @ Epoch:               67.37361629105
 
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   96176.75203356  .00013997  81600-9  23701-4 0   151
2 23931  39.0168 342.2858 0007440 300.2609 194.2405 16.01540739   678
 
Satellite: STS-78      
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time:      96176.75203356
Element set:      15
Inclination:       39.0168 deg
RA of node:       342.2858 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0007440
Arg of perigee:   300.2609 deg
Mean anomaly:     194.2405 deg
Mean motion:   16.01540739 rev/day
Decay rate:    1.39968e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              67
Checksum:              311
 
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
 
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
 





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