Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 35, Rev 093>
David Cottle (dcottle@ozemail.com.au)
Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:29:02 -0800
>Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 00:28:25 -0800
>To: 2 STS TLE 2
>From: David Cottle <dcottle@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 35, Rev 093>
>Cc: coxa@bdva.com
>
>STS-72
>1 23762U 96001A 96017.25077567 .00002446 00000-0 82737-5 0 357
>2 23762 28.4517 51.0537 0006393 333.2548 239.6405 15.88639953 937
>
>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: 96017.25077567100
> 01/17/1996 06:01:07.017 UTC
>ECI X: -1046.6378557757 km
> Y: -6373.6452930387 km
> Z: -1728.5779999999 km
> Xdot: 7.06999725421591 km/s
> Ydot: -0.3209902731889 km/s
> Zdot: -3.0911010000000 km/s
>ndot/2 (drag): 0.00002445969 rev/day^2
>nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
>Bstar: 8.27370E-06 1/Earth Radii
>Elset #: 35
>Rev @ Epoch: 93.59132978567
>Rev @ Epoch: 91.59601975258
>
>Keplerian Elements (Amsat format):
>
>Satellite: STS-72
>Catalog number: 23762
>Epoch time: 96017.25077567
>Element set: 35
>Inclination: 28.4517 deg
>RA of node: 51.0537 deg
>Eccentricity: 0.0006393
>Arg of perigee: 333.2548 deg
>Mean anomaly: 239.6405 deg
>Mean motion: 15.88639953 rev/day
>Decay rate: 2.44597e-05 rev/day^2
>Epoch rev: 93
>Check sum: 334
>
>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
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