Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 23, Rev 059>
David Cottle (dcottle@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 14 Jan 1996 20:14:10 -0800
>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 20:11:49 -0800
>To: 2 STS TLE 2
>From: David Cottle <dcottle@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 23, Rev 059>
>
>STS-72
>1 23762U 96001A 96015.08514583 .00002368 00000-0 83505-5 0 234
>2 23762 28.4529 67.2012 0007256 305.4886 95.2825 15.87802502 597
>
>Launch time for STS-72: 11 JAN 96 @ 09:41:00.086 UTC
>
>Earth-Fixed Greenwich State Vector :
>
>Vector format = 7
>Satellite Name: STS-72
>Catalog Number: 23762 96001A
>Epoch Date/Time: 96015.08514583300
> 01/15/1996 02:02:36.599 UTC
>ECI X: -1580.4710530078 km
> Y: 6150.97844646443 km
> Z: 2079.58199999998 km
> Xdot: -6.6977380292132 km/s
> Ydot: -2.6621181692188 km/s
> Zdot: 2.78894000000000 km/s
>ndot/2 (drag): 0.00002368373 rev/day^2
>nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
>Bstar: 8.35052E-06 1/Earth Radii
>Elset #: 23
>
>
>Keplerian Elements (Amsat format):
>
>Satellite: STS-72
>Catalog number: 23762
>Epoch time: 96015.08514583
>Element set: 23
>Inclination: 28.4529 deg
>RA of node: 67.2012 deg
>Eccentricity: 0.0007256
>Arg of perigee: 305.4886 deg
>Mean anomaly: 95.2825 deg
>Mean motion: 15.87802502 rev/day
>Decay rate: 2.36837e-05 rev/day^2
>Epoch rev: 59
>Check sum: 312
>
>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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