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N2WWD  > SAREX    20.01.97 23:27l 64 Lines 1918 Bytes #-10664 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-81 Rev 102 Orbital Data
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From: N2WWD@KC2FD.#NLI.NY.USA.NA
To  : SAREX@AMSAT

Below is the current State Vector and Keplerian Elements for STS-81.
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 telnet: oig1.gsfc.nasa.gov (UserID = oig /
Password = goddard1).

This file may be read by VEC2TLE version 9648 to update your
Keplerian Elements text file.

Vector format = 117
Satellite Name:         STS-81
Catalog Number:         24711  97001A
Epoch Date/Time:        97018.83366898100
                        01/18/1997  20:00:28.999 UTC
EFG E:                   -7172641.0000000 ft
    F:                   -20249413.000000 ft
    G:                   -5642201.0000000 ft
    Edot:                15380.8899999998 ft/s
    Fdot:                -236.87000000000 ft/s
    Gdot:                -18681.259999999 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00002758852 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        3.26941E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               25
Rev @ Epoch:              102.55255783159

Launch was 12-JAN-97 / 09:27:23.056 UTC

The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 0.5 drag multiplier:

STS-81
1 24711U 97001A   97018.83366898  .00002759  00000-0  32694-4 0   259
2 24711  51.6499 116.8751 0009688 316.7841 242.1231 15.60500041  1021

Satellite: STS-81
Catalog number: 24711
Epoch time:      97018.83366898
Element set:      25
Inclination:       51.6499 deg
RA of node:       116.8751 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0009688
Arg of perigee:   316.7841 deg
Mean anomaly:     242.1231 deg
Mean motion:   15.60500041 rev/day
Decay rate:    2.75885e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:             102
Checksum:              315

VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sarex/orbit.html

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org





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