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N2WWD  > SAREX    21.05.96 21:42l 60 Lines 1749 Bytes #-11007 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-77 Rev 22 Orbital Data
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         S T S - 7 7   O R B I T A L   D A T A

Below is the rev 22 Earth-Fixed Greenwich (EFG) state vector for
STS-77.  This vector data comes from NASA GSFC and was provided
courtesy of the DOD C-Band Radar Network.

Vector format = 117
Satellite Name:         STS-77
Catalog Number:         23870  96032A
Epoch Date/Time:        96141.79398958333
                        05/20/1996  19:03:20.700 UTC
EFG E:                         16157635.0 ft
    F:                          5476749.0 ft
    G:                        -13650899.0 ft
    Edot:                        -6268.34 ft/s
    Fdot:                        23240.97 ft/s
    Gdot:                         1906.73 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00005593050 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       1.30714E-10 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        1.26725E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                                4
Rev @ Epoch:               22.76905052471

Launch was 19-MAY-96 / 10:30:00.080 UTC

The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 0.14 drag multiplier:

STS-77
1 23870U 96032A   96141.79398958  .00005593  13071-9  12673-4 0    42
2 23870  39.0157 264.4882 0008125 277.3901 359.4680 15.96414806   229

Satellite: STS-77
Catalog number: 23870
Epoch time:      96141.79398958
Element set:       4
Inclination:       39.0157 deg
RA of node:       264.4882 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0008125
Arg of perigee:   277.3901 deg
Mean anomaly:     359.4680 deg
Mean motion:   15.96414806 rev/day
Decay rate:    5.59305e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              22
Checksum:              340

VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org



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