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CT1FMS > SAREX    16.08.96 04:01l 61 Lines 1855 Bytes #-10840 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-78 Rev 175 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:        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






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