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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: 96182.50020601852
06/30/1996 12:00:17.800 UTC
EFG E: 11127723 ft
F: 16719977 ft
G: -8508816 ft
Edot: -19573.47 ft/s
Fdot: 6632.62 ft/s
Gdot: -12550.80 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00092026487 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 3.52416E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar: 1.42657E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 34
Rev @ Epoch: 159.60642138422
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 96182.50020602 .00092026 35242-7 14266-3 0 347
2 23931 39.0142 303.7075 0006937 341.9766 236.3355 16.03034716 1598
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96182.50020602
Element set: 34
Inclination: 39.0142 deg
RA of node: 303.7075 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006937
Arg of perigee: 341.9766 deg
Mean anomaly: 236.3355 deg
Mean motion: 16.03034716 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.20265e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 159
Checksum: 291
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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