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N2WWD > SAREX 24.11.96 00:39l 60 Lines 1927 Bytes #-10729 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: SPAS Rev 47 Orbital Data
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S T S - 8 0 O R B I T A L D A T A
Below is the current State Vector and Keplerian Elements for ORFEUS/
SPAS. 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: ORFEUS/SPAS
Catalog Number: 24661 96065B
Epoch Date/Time: 96327.79287152778
11/22/1996 19:01:44.100 UTC
EFG E: -15196683 ft
F: 14093832 ft
G: -7574291 ft
Edot: -17297.78 ft/s
Fdot: -14158.85 ft/s
Gdot: 8358.95 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00000503178 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar: 3.65432E-06 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 8
Rev @ Epoch: 47.87204457976
Launch was 19-NOV-96 / 19:55:47.060 UTC
The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 0.05 drag multiplier:
ORFEUS/SPAS
1 24661U 96065B 96327.79287153 .00000503 00000-0 36543-5 0 89
2 24661 28.4679 167.0413 0008502 295.9030 18.0151 15.72108734 477
Satellite: ORFEUS/SPAS
Catalog number: 24661
Epoch time: 96327.79287153
Element set: 8
Inclination: 28.4679 deg
RA of node: 167.0413 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0008502
Arg of perigee: 295.9030 deg
Mean anomaly: 18.0151 deg
Mean motion: 15.72108734 rev/day
Decay rate: 5.03178e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 47
Checksum: 295
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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