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Subj: STS-78 Rev 79 Orbital Data
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Subject: STS-78 Rev 79 Orbital Data


         S T S - 7 8   O R B I T A L   D A T A

Below is the rev 79 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:        96177.50220601900
                        06/25/1996  12:03:10.600 UTC
EFG E:                           16703435 ft
    F:                           11793648 ft
    G:                            7599524 ft
    Edot:                        -7231.95 ft/s
    Fdot:                        18849.24 ft/s
    Gdot:                       -13321.02 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00056056077 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       1.30875E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        9.44626E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               16
Rev @ Epoch:               79.40652267579

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   96177.50220602  .00056056  13088-7  94463-4 0   168
2 23931  39.0125 337.2535 0007372 303.6405 202.7072 16.01623851   797

Satellite: STS-78      
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time:      96177.50220602
Element set:      16
Inclination:       39.0125 deg
RA of node:       337.2535 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0007372
Arg of perigee:   303.6405 deg
Mean anomaly:     202.7072 deg
Mean motion:   16.01623851 rev/day
Decay rate:    5.60561e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              79
Checksum:              275

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

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org








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