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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: 96183.79269097222
07/01/1996 19:01:28.500 UTC
EFG E: -13062802 ft
F: -13929849 ft
G: 10486375 ft
Edot: 11535.24 ft/s
Fdot: -18614.52 ft/s
Gdot: -10300.50 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00098997192 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 4.07662E-08 rev/day^3
Bstar: 1.47670E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 39
Rev @ Epoch: 180.36110515637
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 96183.79269097 .00098997 40766-7 14767-3 0 393
2 23931 39.0136 295.0245 0006408 352.5770 137.4204 16.03680811 1800
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96183.79269097
Element set: 39
Inclination: 39.0136 deg
RA of node: 295.0245 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006408
Arg of perigee: 352.5770 deg
Mean anomaly: 137.4204 deg
Mean motion: 16.03680811 rev/day
Decay rate: 9.89972e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 180
Checksum: 333
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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