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N2WWD  > SAREX    29.06.96 02:26l 65 Lines 1887 Bytes #-10967 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-78 Rev 116 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 current 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:        96179.79171643518
                        06/27/1996  19:00:04.299 UTC
EFG E:                          -18282316 ft
    F:                            5889501 ft
    G:                           10288763 ft
    Edot:                        -1047.19 ft/s
    Fdot:                       -21742.65 ft/s
    Gdot:                        10586.89 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00058677574 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       1.43365E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        9.65070E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               25
Rev @ Epoch:              116.13499195031

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   96179.79171644  .00058678  14336-7  96507-4 0   252
2 23931  39.0145 321.8991 0006994 324.4579  84.1395 16.02040975  1169

Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time:      96179.79171644
Element set:      25
Inclination:       39.0145 deg
RA of node:       321.8991 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0006994
Arg of perigee:   324.4579 deg
Mean anomaly:      84.1395 deg
Mean motion:   16.02040975 rev/day
Decay rate:    5.86776e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:             116
Checksum:              347

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

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org







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