OpenBCM V1.13 (Linux)

Packet Radio Mailbox

DB0FHN

[JN59NK Nuernberg]

 Login: GUEST





  
N2WWD  > SAREX    23.01.97 12:34l 62 Lines 1917 Bytes #-10662 (0) @ AMSAT
BID : 6653_KC2FD
Read: GUEST OE7FMI
Subj: STS-81 Rev 149 Orbital Data
Path: DB0AAB<DB0KCP<DB0KFB<DB0CZ<DB0GE<LX0PAC<ON7RC<ON4RAT<ON1ANR<ON6AR<
      F6CNB<K5ARH<WU3V<WB0TAX<WB7AWL<N4WFU<KJ4LQ<WD4ELJ<KC2FD
Sent: 970122/0009Z @:KC2FD.#NLI.NY.USA.NA #:6653 [Coram, Ny] FBB7.00a $:6653_KC
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:        97021.83469444400
                        01/21/1997  20:01:57.599 UTC
EFG E:                   -15335722.000000 ft
    F:                   -15705279.000000 ft
    G:                   -2752595.0000000 ft
    Edot:                11788.5599999999 ft/s
    Fdot:                -8207.5499999999 ft/s
    Gdot:                -19552.560000000 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00004446971 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        3.67292E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               37
Rev @ Epoch:              149.52424605758

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

The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 0.55 drag multiplier:

STS-81
1 24711U 97001A   97021.83469444  .00004447  00000-0  36729-4 0   376
2 24711  51.6527 101.6940 0027164  93.4016  95.3199 15.69087895  1495

Satellite: STS-81
Catalog number: 24711
Epoch time:      97021.83469444
Element set:      37
Inclination:       51.6527 deg
RA of node:       101.6940 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0027164
Arg of perigee:    93.4016 deg
Mean anomaly:      95.3199 deg
Mean motion:   15.69087895 rev/day
Decay rate:    4.44697e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:             149
Checksum:              336

VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:

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

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org




Read previous mail | Read next mail


 03.04.2026 16:00:00lGo back Go up