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N2WWD > SAREX 20.09.96 10:52l 66 Lines 1921 Bytes #-10798 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-79 Rev 47 Orbital Data
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S T S - 7 9 O R B I T A L D A T A
Below is the current State Vector and Keplerian Elements for STS-79.
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 = 7
Satellite Name: STS-79
Catalog Number: 24324 96057A
Epoch Date/Time: 96263.37588775500
09/19/1996 09:01:16.702 UTC
ECI X: 6662.70088039522 km
Y: 163.355990708813 km
Z: -1179.5099999998 km
Xdot: 0.91667995010677 km/s
Ydot: 4.85657424567379 km/s
Zdot: 5.86903899999998 km/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00005931527 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 1.50179E-10 rev/day^3
Bstar: 6.63299E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 16
Rev @ Epoch: 47.96447774694
Launch was 16-SEP-96 / 08:54:49.062 UTC
The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 1.0 drag multiplier:
STS-79
1 24324U 96057A 96263.37588775 .00005932 15018-9 66330-4 0 163
2 24324 51.6510 9.4591 0009790 185.0248 162.1970 15.61999270 472
Satellite: STS-79
Catalog number: 24324
Epoch time: 96263.37588775
Element set: 16
Inclination: 51.6510 deg
RA of node: 9.4591 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0009790
Arg of perigee: 185.0248 deg
Mean anomaly: 162.1970 deg
Mean motion: 15.61999270 rev/day
Decay rate: 5.93153e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 47
Checksum: 334
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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