STS-72 1 23762U 96001A 96016.08686094 .00002627 00000-0 85462-5 0 290 2 23762 28.4523 59.7383 0007181 347.3257 33.9455 15.89397970 758 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: 96016.08686093700 01/16/1996 02:05:04.784 UTC ECI X: 1296.44395635154 km Y: 6445.60538621194 km Z: 1152.52600000000 km Xdot: -6.8872443977375 km/s Ydot: 0.76949015797765 km/s Zdot: 3.43616400000000 km/s ndot/2 (drag): 0.00002626564 rev/day^2 nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3 Bstar: 8.54618E-06 1/Earth Radii Elset #: 29 Rev @ Epoch: 75.05905229078 Keplerian Elements (Amsat format): Satellite: STS-72 Catalog number: 23762 Epoch time: 96016.08686094 Element set: 29 Inclination: 28.4523 deg RA of node: 59.7383 deg Eccentricity: 0.0007181 Arg of perigee: 347.3257 deg Mean anomaly: 33.9455 deg Mean motion: 15.89397970 rev/day Decay rate: 2.62656e-05 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 75 Check sum: 345 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 -------------- David Cottle IDB Communications. Sydney, Australia. -------------- David Cottle - Email Primary : dcottle@ozemail.com.au Email Backup : 100354.450@compuserve.com W.W.W. Page : http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dcottle/ .