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N2WWD > SAREX 24.09.96 10:18l 62 Lines 1897 Bytes #-10791 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-79 Rev 102 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: 96266.79266087963
09/22/1996 19:01:25.899 UTC
EFG E: -15499291 ft
F: -9499147 ft
G: 12658219 ft
Edot: 1228.04 ft/s
Fdot: -20059.91 ft/s
Gdot: -13546.68 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00003053370 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar: 3.40406E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 28
Rev @ Epoch: 102.37004949462
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 96266.79266088 .00003053 00000-0 34041-4 0 287
2 24324 51.6513 352.2307 0009581 191.5629 301.6772 15.62080376 1023
Satellite: STS-79
Catalog number: 24324
Epoch time: 96266.79266088
Element set: 28
Inclination: 51.6513 deg
RA of node: 352.2307 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0009581
Arg of perigee: 191.5629 deg
Mean anomaly: 301.6772 deg
Mean motion: 15.62080376 rev/day
Decay rate: 3.05337e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 102
Checksum: 312
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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