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N2WWD > SAREX 22.09.96 12:18l 65 Lines 1925 Bytes #-10796 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-79 Rev 71 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 = 117
Satellite Name: STS-79
Catalog Number: 24324 96057A
Epoch Date/Time: 96264.79173032407
09/20/1996 19:00:05.500 UTC
EFG E: -3475587 ft
F: 19638740 ft
G: 9712464 ft
Edot: -14288.61 ft/s
Fdot: -10665.42 ft/s
Gdot: 16380.44 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00003022991 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar: 3.38197E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 22
Rev @ Epoch: 71.09465696997
Launch was 16-SEP-96 / 08:54:49.062 UTC
The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 0.5 drag multiplier:
STS-79 (docked)
1 24324U 96057A 96264.79173032 .00003023 00000-0 33820-4 0 226
2 24324 51.6511 2.3231 0007284 193.2201 200.8358 15.62016307 711
Satellite: STS-79
Catalog number: 24324
Epoch time: 96264.79173032
Element set: 22
Inclination: 51.6511 deg
RA of node: 2.3231 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0007284
Arg of perigee: 193.2201 deg
Mean anomaly: 200.8358 deg
Mean motion: 15.62016307 rev/day
Decay rate: 3.02299e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 71
Checksum: 262
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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