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N2WWD  > SAREX    26.05.96 03:49l 64 Lines 1729 Bytes #-11003 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-77 Rev 98 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 98 Earth-Centered Inertial (ECI) state vector for 
STS-77.  This vector data comes from NASA GSFC OIG RAID RBBS.

Vector format = 117
Satellite Name:         STS-77
Catalog Number:         23870  96032A    
Epoch Date/Time:        96146.50126620370
                        05/25/1996  12:01:49.399 UTC
EFG E:                        -21283953.0 ft
    F:                         -1739222.0 ft
    G:                          4573465.0 ft
    Edot:                         4740.44 ft/s
    Fdot:                       -18300.83 ft/s
    Gdot:                        15087.98 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00005037792 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       1.05998E-10 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        1.09462E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               19
Rev @ Epoch:               98.05398940366

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   96146.50126620  .00005038  10600-9  10946-4 0   197
2 23870  39.0143 233.1377 0007102 306.6959  72.7406 15.97186442   986

Satellite: STS-77      
Catalog number: 23870
Epoch time:      96146.50126620
Element set:      19
Inclination:       39.0143 deg
RA of node:       233.1377 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0007102
Arg of perigee:   306.6959 deg
Mean anomaly:      72.7406 deg
Mean motion:   15.97186442 rev/day
Decay rate:    5.03779e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              98
Checksum:              316

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

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org








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