JCSAT-6 LAUNCH DATA

Keith Stein (kstein@erols.com)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 12:09:19 -0500

JCSAT-6 NOMINAL ORBITS
                                    MECO-1           MECO-2          
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             014/00:49:41.300 014/01:06:19.900
PERIOD (MIN):                       89.800           2109.900
INCLINATION (DEG):                  27.590           20.850
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.016700         0.879900
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               6642.6984        54492.2689
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          154.200          179.600
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         307.500          307.300
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 321.957          0.170
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:09:42.300    000:26:20.900
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  000:26:20.900    000:30:07.600
HEIGHT (KM):                        171.6697         269.5734
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           24.95N           7.502S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          299.74E          17.527E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   102.451          109.758
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    014/00:49:41.300 014/01:06:19.900

                                    PAYLOAD SEP      DEPLETION BURN  
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             014/01:10:06.600 014/01:14:46.600
PERIOD (MIN):                       2101.900         2062.100        
INCLINATION (DEG):                  20.850           20.870         
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.879600         0.878000        
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               54354.4381       53666.1110
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          179.600          180.800         
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         307.300          306.100         
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 0.817            7.930         
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:30:07.600    001:10:47.600   
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  001:10:47.600    013:00:00.000   
HEIGHT (KM):                        860.7923         12416.1607      
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           13.40S           19.136S        
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          34.68E           110.401E        
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   106.459          80.913         
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    014/01:10:06.600 014/01:14:46.600

Keith Stein
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