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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: 96183.50161458333
07/01/1996 12:02:19.500 UTC
EFG E: 3689452 ft
F: 17383327 ft
G: -12635978 ft
Edot: -23349.49 ft/s
Fdot: 414.43 ft/s
Gdot: -6226.55 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00097169836 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 3.92801E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar: 1.46747E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 38
Rev @ Epoch: 175.68639814881
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 96183.50161458 .00097170 39280-7 14675-3 0 382
2 23931 39.0143 296.9797 0006203 347.0398 260.0637 16.03479113 1756
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96183.50161458
Element set: 38
Inclination: 39.0143 deg
RA of node: 296.9797 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006203
Arg of perigee: 347.0398 deg
Mean anomaly: 260.0637 deg
Mean motion: 16.03479113 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.71698e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 175
Checksum: 335
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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