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Subj: STS-78 Rev 212 Orbital Data
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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: 96185.79263657407
07/03/1996 19:01:23.799 UTC
EFG E: -7073087 ft
F: -20595669 ft
G: 951611 ft
Edot: 16957.19 ft/s
Fdot: -6584.72 ft/s
Gdot: -15968.89 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00221036406 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 2.03162E-07 rev/day^3
Bstar: 3.19594E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 45
Rev @ Epoch: 212.48868163110
Launch was 20-JUN-96 / 14:49:00.093
The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 3.3 drag multiplier:
STS-78
1 23931U 96036A 96185.79263657 .00221036 20316-6 31959-3 0 450
2 23931 39.0119 281.5668 0005956 9.0094 166.9158 16.04199967 2129
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96185.79263657
Element set: 45
Inclination: 39.0119 deg
RA of node: 281.5668 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0005956
Arg of perigee: 9.0094 deg
Mean anomaly: 166.9158 deg
Mean motion: 16.04199967 rev/day
Decay rate: 2.21036e-03 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 212
Checksum: 336
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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