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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: 96180.79231481481
06/28/1996 19:00:56.000 UTC
EFG E: -17595666 ft
F: 1052907 ft
G: 12801568 ft
Edot: 2763.71 ft/s
Fdot: -23346.00 ft/s
Gdot: 5731.13 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00091087856 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 3.45379E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar: 1.45829E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 28
Rev @ Epoch: 132.19166179309
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 96180.79231481 .00091088 34538-7 14583-3 0 284
2 23931 39.0143 315.1849 0006775 329.8416 99.1569 16.02497897 1327
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96180.79231481
Element set: 28
Inclination: 39.0143 deg
RA of node: 315.1849 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006775
Arg of perigee: 329.8416 deg
Mean anomaly: 99.1569 deg
Mean motion: 16.02497897 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.10879e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 132
Checksum: 351
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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