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N2WWD  > SAREX    27.06.96 18:34l 63 Lines 1905 Bytes #-10969 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-78 rev 84 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 84 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:        96177.79433912037
                        06/25/1996  19:03:50.899 UTC
EFG E:                          -19475797 ft
    F:                            6247260 ft
    G:                            7536283 ft
    Edot:                        -1278.74 ft/s
    Fdot:                       -20133.37 ft/s
    Gdot:                        13380.16 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00056837040 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       1.34544E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        9.56086E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               17
Rev @ Epoch:               84.09253846102

Launch was 20-JUN-96 / 14:49:00.093

The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 1.0 drag multiplier:

STS-78      
1 23931U 96036A   96177.79433912  .00056837  13454-7  95609-4 0   177
2 23931  39.0150 335.2988 0007082 308.4969  84.8173 16.01658450   841

Satellite: STS-78      
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time:      96177.79433912
Element set:      17
Inclination:       39.0150 deg
RA of node:       335.2988 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0007082
Arg of perigee:   308.4969 deg
Mean anomaly:      84.8173 deg
Mean motion:   16.01658450 rev/day
Decay rate:    5.68370e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              84
Checksum:              337

VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org






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