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Subj: STS-78 Rev 148 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: 96181.79326273148
06/29/1996 19:02:17.899 UTC
EFG E: -16083471 ft
F: -5332999 ft
G: 13691329 ft
Edot: 6996.65 ft/s
Fdot: -23145.44 fd/s
Gdot: -769.86 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00093352639 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 3.62701E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar: 1.46881E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 31
Rev @ Epoch: 148.25755666099
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 96181.79326273 .00093353 36270-7 14688-3 0 311
2 23931 39.0145 308.4623 0006634 338.2773 114.4430 16.02790982 1484
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96181.79326273
Element set: 31
Inclination: 39.0145 deg
RA of node: 308.4623 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006634
Arg of perigee: 338.2773 deg
Mean anomaly: 114.4430 deg
Mean motion: 16.02790982 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.33526e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 148
Checksum: 311
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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