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N2WWD  > SAREX    20.01.97 23:29l 65 Lines 1919 Bytes #-10664 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-81 Rev 114 Orbital Data
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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:        97019.54264236100
                        01/19/1997  13:01:24.299 UTC
EFG E:                   18279383.0000000 ft
    F:                   3303455.00000000 ft
    G:                   -12171909.000000 ft
    Edot:                -12197.030000000 ft/s
    Fdot:                15390.6700000000 ft/s
    Gdot:                -14109.729999999 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00002817610 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        3.34169E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               28
Rev @ Epoch:              114.62336127246

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   97019.54264236  .00002818  00000-0  33417-4 0   284
2 24711  51.6527 113.3067 0009913 320.9470 263.4407 15.60476610  1149

Satellite: STS-81
Catalog number: 24711
Epoch time:      97019.54264236
Element set:      28
Inclination:       51.6527 deg
RA of node:       113.3067 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0009913
Arg of perigee:   320.9470 deg
Mean anomaly:     263.4407 deg
Mean motion:   15.60476610 rev/day
Decay rate:    2.81761e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:             114
Checksum:              288

VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:

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

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org






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