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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: 96180.50065277778
06/28/1996 12:00:56.399 UTC
EFG E: 15903691 ft
F: 14902106 ft
G: -953310 ft
Edot: -12926.10 ft/s
Fdot: 12782.80 ft/s
Gdot: -15963.31 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00087318798 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 3.17418E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar: 1.41057E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 27
Rev @ Epoch: 127.51097423166
Launch was 20-JUN-96 / 14:49:00.093
The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 1.5 drag multiplier:
STS-78
1 23931U 96036A 96180.50065278 .00087319 31742-7 14106-3 0 278
2 23931 39.0132 317.1366 0006955 325.3989 218.5518 16.02344206 1277
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96180.50065278
Element set: 27
Inclination: 39.0132 deg
RA of node: 317.1366 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006955
Arg of perigee: 325.3989 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.5518 deg
Mean motion: 16.02344206 rev/day
Decay rate: 8.73188e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 127
Checksum: 319
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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