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Subj: STS-79 Rev 82 Orbital Data
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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: 96265.50245717600
09/21/1996 12:03:32.300 UTC
EFG E: -7048999 ft
F: -12840758 ft
G: 16635299 ft
Edot: 22943.96 ft/s
Fdot: -5162.81 ft/s
Gdot: 5701.86 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00003074339 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar: 3.43703E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 24
Rev @ Epoch: 82.20357646543
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
1 24324U 96057A 96265.50245718 .00003074 00000-0 34370-4 0 246
2 24324 51.6544 358.7361 0007566 196.3844 236.8909 15.62031419 823
Satellite: STS-79
Catalog number: 24324
Epoch time: 96265.50245718
Element set: 24
Inclination: 51.6544 deg
RA of node: 358.7361 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0007566
Arg of perigee: 196.3844 deg
Mean anomaly: 236.8909 deg
Mean motion: 15.62031419 rev/day
Decay rate: 3.07434e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 82
Checksum: 323
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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