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N2WWD  > SAREX    29.05.96 00:32l 60 Lines 1710 Bytes #-11000 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: STS-77 Rev 118 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 118 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:        96147.79259606481
                        05/26/1996  19:01:20.299 UTC
EFG E:                            9951450 ft
    F:                          -14245095 ft
    G:                          -13247254 ft
    Edot:                        17418.68 ft/s
    Fdot:                        16160.63 ft/s
    Gdot:                        -4261.16 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00005357073 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       1.19803E-10 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        1.11482E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               24
Rev @ Epoch:              118.70712656193

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   96147.79259606  .00005357  11980-9  11148-4 0   247
2 23870  39.0101 224.5406 0008553 335.5370 279.0287 15.97936038  1182

Satellite: STS-77
Catalog number: 23870
Epoch time:      96147.79259606
Element set:      24
Inclination:       39.0101 deg
RA of node:       224.5406 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0008553
Arg of perigee:   335.5370 deg
Mean anomaly:     279.0287 deg
Mean motion:   15.97936038 rev/day
Decay rate:    5.35707e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:             118
Checksum:              327

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

Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org






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