MCO Orbital Data
Keith Stein (kstein@erols.com)
Fri, 04 Dec 1998 23:01:44 -0500
MARS CLIMATE ORBITER (MCO) NOMINAL ORBITS
THERE ARE TWO ORBITAL DATA SETS DEPENDING UPON WHAT TIME LAUNCH TAKES PLACES.
FIRST LAUNCH WINDOW DATA SET;
SECO-1 SECO-2
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 344/19:07:55.000 344/19:35:41.000
PERIOD (MIN): 88.315 95.533
INCLINATION (DEG): 28.355 28.359
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.000884 0.052106
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6569.2578 6922.5076
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 117.266 239.618
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 188.695 188.618
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 4.186 356.050
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:11:17.000 000:39:03.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 000:39:03.000 000:40:33.000
HEIGHT (KM): 179.0039 184.6766
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 24.01N 23.097S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 307.24E 47.141E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 105.751 107.103
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 344/19:07:55.000 344/19:35:41.000
TES SECO-3
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 344/19:37:11.000 344/20:16:56.000
PERIOD (MIN): 95.523 95.517
INCLINATION (DEG): 28.355 24.496
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.052041 0.050461
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6922.0147 6921.7071
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 239.318 245.582
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 188.607 182.038
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 1.614 151.434
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:40:33.000 001:20:18.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 001:20:18.000 003:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 184.4371 846.2444
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 24.70S 15.402N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 52.93E 195.424E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 104.606 70.644
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 344/19:37:11.000 344/20:16:56.000
SECOND LAUNCH WINDOW DATA SET;
SECO-1 SECO-2
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 344/20:13:32.000 344/20:37:47.000
PERIOD (MIN): 88.331 95.508
INCLINATION (DEG): 29.695 29.692
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.001004 0.051928
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6570.0457 6921.2844
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 130.311 238.009
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 190.205 190.153
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 4.282 356.062
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:11:18.000 000:35:33.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 000:35:33.000 000:37:03.000
HEIGHT (KM): 179.0101 185.2287
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 20.74N 23.644S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 306.13E 31.097E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 111.850 108.672
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 344/20:13:32.000 344/20:37:47.000
TES SECO-3
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 344/20:39:17.000 344/21:22:31.000
PERIOD (MIN): 95.497 95.477
INCLINATION (DEG): 29.688 26.604
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.051855 0.050409
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6920.7348 6919.7944
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 238.113 244.577
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 190.142 182.849
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 1.631 152.459
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:37:03.000 001:20:17.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 001:20:17.000 003:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 185.1027 847.1342
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 25.51S 16.642N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 37.30E 179.239E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 105.936 68.866
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 344/20:39:17.000 344/21:22:31.000
Keith Stein
ISI Consulting
http://www.isi-consulting.com