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N2WWD  > SAREX    23.05.96 19:03l 61 Lines 1750 Bytes #-11005 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-77 Rev 54 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 54 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:        96143.79363888889
                        05/22/1996  19:02:50.399 UTC
EFG E:                         16847864.0 ft
    F:                         -2154186.0 ft
    G:                        -13741952.0 ft
    Edot:                         2695.85 ft/s
    Fdot:                        23992.50 ft/s
    Gdot:                         -445.69 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00004863578 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        1.09077E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               11
Rev @ Epoch:               54.74559899962

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

The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
vector using a 0.12 drag multiplier:

STS-77
1 23870U 96032A   96143.79363889  .00004864  00000-0  10908-4 0   115
2 23870  39.0142 251.1781 0008639 286.0428 342.3729 15.96591445   540

Satellite: STS-77
Catalog number: 23870
Epoch time:      96143.79363889
Element set:      11
Inclination:       39.0142 deg
RA of node:       251.1781 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0008639
Arg of perigee:   286.0428 deg
Mean anomaly:     342.3729 deg
Mean motion:   15.96591445 rev/day
Decay rate:    4.86358e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              54
Checksum:              343

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

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org





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