Current STS-72 TLEs and State Vector <Set 01, Rev 001>

David Cottle (dcottle@ozemail.com.au)
Thu, 11 Jan 1996 04:28:13 -0800

As Bill Moore wrote a message re Endeavour, here is the latest TLE.

STS-72      
1 23762U 96001A   96011.40941782  .47355108  93246-2  72845-4 0    11
2 23762  28.4577  93.4098 0292706  55.8773  38.9893 16.04874211    14

Launch time for STS-72: 11 JAN 96 @ 09:41:00.086 UTC

Earth-Fixed Greenwich State Vector :

Vector format = 117

Satellite Name:         STS-72
Catalog Number:         23762  96001A
Epoch Date/Time:        96011.40941782407
                        01/11/1996  09:49:33.700 UTC
EFG E:                           7572677. ft
    F:                         -17150476. ft
    G:                          10054902. ft
    Edot:                        23005.02 ft/s
    Fdot:                         8791.35 ft/s
    Gdot:                        -1289.07 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.47355108400 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       9.32462E-03 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        7.28448E-05 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                                1
Rev @ Epoch:                1.26353797932

Drag Factor is 0.1

SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITAL DATA:

These 2-line elements have been generated using Ken Ernandes' program
VEC2TLE using real time state vector data supplied by DOD C-Band Radar
Network courtesy Dave Simonson. Note that the epoch of the 2-line
elements is the same as the state vector time.

Occasionally these elements are derived from the Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC) NASA Orbital Information Group (OIG), using Curtis Haases' program
VEC2VIF that formats the OIG vectors for use by VEC2TLE.

The source of the data can be confirmed by the data format of the vector ;
EFG, ft, ft/s      = DOD C-Band Radar Network
ECI, km, km/s      = NASA OIG RAID RBBS
ECI M50, ft, ft/s  = Rockwell Mission Support Room

Drag and B-Star parameters are internally calculated by VEC2TLE using
the drag factor. Rev numbers use NASA orbit numbering convention.

                                Dave Cottle


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		David Cottle
		IDB Communications.
		Sydney, Australia.
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