Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 34, Rev 091>
David Cottle (dcottle@ozemail.com.au)
Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:10:34 -0800
>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 20:32:39 -0800
>To: 2 STS TLE 2
>From: David Cottle <dcottle@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 34, Rev 091>
>
>STS-72
>1 23762U 96001A 96017.12544177 .00002451 00000-0 82835-5 0 343
>2 23762 28.4534 51.9908 0006574 330.1051 244.4791 15.88657969 910
>
>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: 96017.12544177100
> 01/17/1996 03:00:38.169 UTC
>ECI X: -761.93820123254 km
> Y: -6392.1720867025 km
> Z: -1806.3870000000 km
> Xdot: 7.10335026880625 km/s
> Ydot: 0.01197043323462 km/s
> Zdot: -3.0311700000000 km/s
>ndot/2 (drag): 0.00002451348 rev/day^2
>nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
>Bstar: 8.28352E-06 1/Earth Radii
>Elset #: 34
>Rev @ Epoch: 91.59601975258
>
>Keplerian Elements (Amsat format):
>
>Satellite: STS-72
>Catalog number: 23762
>Epoch time: 96017.12544177
>Element set: 34
>Inclination: 28.4534 deg
>RA of node: 51.9908 deg
>Eccentricity: 0.0006574
>Arg of perigee: 330.1051 deg
>Mean anomaly: 244.4791 deg
>Mean motion: 15.88657969 rev/day
>Decay rate: 2.45135e-05 rev/day^2
>Epoch rev: 91
>Check sum: 317
>
>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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