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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: 96186.50026967593
07/04/1996 12:00:23.299 UTC
EFG E: -12169259 ft
F: 14573422 ft
G: -10690725 ft
Edot: -19943.77 ft/s
Fdot: -9321.94 ft/s
Gdot: 10032.09 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00225052131 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 2.10598E-07 rev/day^3
Bstar: 3.23710E-04 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 47
Rev @ Epoch: 223.85797306222
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 96186.50026968 .00225052 21060-6 32371-3 0 472
2 23931 39.0142 276.8025 0005281 12.9247 295.9452 16.04293661 2231
Satellite: STS-78
Catalog number: 23931
Epoch time: 96186.50026968
Element set: 47
Inclination: 39.0142 deg
RA of node: 276.8025 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0005281
Arg of perigee: 12.9247 deg
Mean anomaly: 295.9452 deg
Mean motion: 16.04293661 rev/day
Decay rate: 2.25052e-03 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 223
Checksum: 304
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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