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LZ4IC  > SAREX    13.04.97 05:58l 123 Lines 4154 Bytes #-10577 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-83 keps from NASA Web site
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SAREX setup is officially on the flight plan for 22 hours after launch
(e.g. 12:20 pm Eastern Time Saturday).  Here's the keps from the NASA WWW
site http://shuttle.nasa.gov/


                              STS-83   STATE VECTOR



     The following on-orbit vector is provided by NASA Johnson Space Center
     Flight Design and Dynamics Division for use in ground track
     plotting programs. It should not be used for precise applications
     or analysis!

     Please direct any comments to:
     DM42/ Head, Orbit Flight Dynamics Group at email:
     don.j.pearson1@jsc.nasa.gov

     Data were generated using application SPCM V2.1


     Vehicle = Current Columbia

     Lift off time (UTC) : 1997/ 94:19:20:31.9830

     Vector time (UTC) :   1997/ 95: 1: 0:  .0000
     Vector time (MET) :      +   0: 5:39:28.0170
     Orbit :     4
     Weight (lbs) :      248526.00
     Area (sq ft) :        2500.00
     Drag Coefficient (Cd) :  2.00
     90 day mean solar flux (janski) :  74.00
     12 month mean earth geomagnetic index :  1.91

     This vector is valid for prediction purposes until  96:12: 0:  .0 UTC



             M50 Cartesian                            M50 Keplerian

     ------------------------------           ------------------------------
     X    =    2986533.48                     A    =    6686183.79 meter
     Y    =   -5901270.78 meter               E    =      .0014292
     Z    =    -915456.25                     I    =      28.28775
     XDOT =   6350.495175                     Wp   =     359.42515
     YDOT =   2673.212391 meter/sec           RA   =     311.74673 deg
     ZDOT =   3507.785794                     TA   =     343.75798
                                              MA   =     343.80374
                                              Ha   =       171.482 n.mi
                                              Hp   =       161.163


             M50 Cartesian                            J2K Cartesian

     ------------------------------           ------------------------------
     X    =     9798338.20                    X    =    3056729.75
     Y    =   -19361124.60 feet               Y    =   -5867490.89 meter
     Z    =    -3003465.40                    Z    =    -900773.60
     XDOT =   20834.957922                    XDOT =   6303.095363
     YDOT =    8770.381859 feet/sec           YDOT =   2743.941863 meter/sec
     ZDOT =   11508.483575                    ZDOT =   3538.528864



     M5O    = Inertial mean of year 1950 frame of reference
     Epoch  = beginning of Besselian year 1950
     X axis = mean vernal equinox of epoch
     Z axis = earth mean rotation axis of epoch
     Y axis = completes right handed cartesian earth centered system

     J2K    = Inertial mean of year 2000 frame of reference
     Epoch  = Julian date 2451545.0 TDT
     X axis = mean vernal equinox of epoch
     Z axis = earth mean rotation axis of epoch
     Y axis = completes right handed cartesian earth centered system



     The mean element set is posted at a UTC for which position is
     just north of the next ascending node relative to the above
     vector time


                 USSPACECOM TWO LINE MEAN ELEMENT SET


Current Columbia

STS-83
1 24755U 97013A   97095.04453759  .00039131  00000-0  11921-3 0  9040
2 24755  28.4670 312.0225 0003182 334.3681  25.6938 15.90168259    53

Satellite: STS-83
Catalog number: 24755
Epoch time:      97095.04453759   =     yrday.fracday
Element set:     904
Inclination:       28.4670 deg
RA of node:       312.0225 deg
Eccentricity:     .0003182
Arg of perigee:   334.3681 deg
Mean anomaly:      25.6938 deg
Mean motion:   15.90168259 rev/day
Decay rate:    3.91310E-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:               5
Checksum:              307


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Philip Chien [M1959.05.31/31.145//KC4YER@amsat.org]



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