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N2WWD  > SAREX    01.10.96 19:54l 64 Lines 1942 Bytes #-10783 (0) @ WW
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Subj: STS-79 Rev 149 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:        96269.79243981481
                        09/25/1996  19:01:06.799 UTC
EFG E:                          -12015180 ft
    F:                            7072936 ft
    G:                           17188599 ft
    Edot:                       -14962.05 ft/s
    Fdot:                       -18856.20 ft/s
    Gdot:                        -2731.70 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00003340523 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        3.49429E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               38
Rev @ Epoch:              149.27220898813
 
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   96269.79243981  .00003341  00000-0  34943-4 0   389
2 24324  51.6511 337.0993 0012337 172.1595 285.8419 15.63665627  1494
 
Satellite: STS-79      
Catalog number: 24324
Epoch time:      96269.79243981
Element set:      38
Inclination:       51.6511 deg
RA of node:       337.0993 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0012337
Arg of perigee:   172.1595 deg
Mean anomaly:     285.8419 deg
Mean motion:   15.63665627 rev/day
Decay rate:    3.34052e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:             149
Checksum:              340
 
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
 
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
 




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