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Subj: STS-77 Rev 132 Orbital Data
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Below is the rev 132 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: 96148.65639340300
05/27/1996 15:45:12.390 UTC
EFG E: 5679033.5 ft
F: -20963135.6 ft
G: -2493762.4 ft
Edot: 17154.833042 ft/s
Fdot: 6513.406897 ft/s
Gdot: -15720.069871 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00004968025 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 1.03074E-10 rev/day^3
Bstar: 1.07234E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 27
Rev @ Epoch: 132.52894008788
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 96148.65639340 .00004968 10307-9 10723-4 0 270
2 23870 39.0136 218.7797 0006775 326.0214 224.3971 15.97309923 1320
Satellite: STS-77
Catalog number: 23870
Epoch time: 96148.65639340
Element set: 27
Inclination: 39.0136 deg
RA of node: 218.7797 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0006775
Arg of perigee: 326.0214 deg
Mean anomaly: 224.3971 deg
Mean motion: 15.97309923 rev/day
Decay rate: 4.96803e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 132
Checksum: 334
VEC2TLE may be downloaded from:
ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util
Ken Ernandes
n2wwd@amsat.org
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