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Subj: STS-78 Rev 164 Orbital Data
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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: 96182.83418171296
06/30/1996 20:01:13.299 UTC
EFG E: 6251083 ft
F: 20693757 ft
G: -2681243 ft
Edot: -16994.31 ft/s
Fdot: 7154.14 ft/s
Gdot: 15714.15 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00095608493 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 3.80323E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar: 1.46015E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:35
Rev @ Epoch:164.96887489458
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 96182.83418171 .00095608 38032-7 14601-3 0 358
2 23931 39.0129 301.4712 0006320 345.0716 3.7231 16.03291759 1649
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96182.83418171
Element set: 35
Inclination: 39.0129 deg
RA of node: 301.4712 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006320
Arg of perigee: 345.0716 deg
Mean anomaly: 3.7231 deg
Mean motion: 16.03291759 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.56085e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 164
Checksum: 290
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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