---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:57:29 -0400 From: Ken Ernandes <kene@fs.loral.com> To: grcc@ams.gsfc.nasa.gov, ststle@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov, sarex@amsat.org, shuttle.keps@totrbbs.atl.ga.us, slnews@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov, lundyjd@fafb.af.mil Subject: STS-78 Rev 1 Orbital Data S T S - 7 8 O R B I T A L D A T A Below is the rev 1 State Vector and Keplerian Elements for STS-78. The vector data comes from NASA; the orbital parameters were computed from the vector. Hourly vector updates are available from NASA GSFC OIG RAID RBBS at (301) 262-6782 or by telnet: oig1.gsfc.nasa.gov (UserID = oig / Password = goddard1). Vector format = 117 Satellite Name: STS-78 Catalog Number: 23931 96036A Epoch Date/Time: 96172.64756828700 06/20/1996 15:32:29.899 UTC EFG E: 8330141 ft F: 19408406 ft G: -5634774 ft Edot: -18868.85 ft/s Fdot: 3861.05 ft/s Gdot: -14577.77 ft/s ndot/2 (drag): 0.00011106815 rev/day^2 nddt/6: 5.14840E-10 rev/day^3 Bstar: 2.25262E-05 1/Earth Radii Elset #: 1 Rev @ Epoch: 1.56718172124 Launch was 20-JUN-96 The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this vector using a 0.25 drag multiplier: STS-78 1 23931U 96036A 96172.64756829 .00011107 51484-9 22526-4 0 10 2 23931 39.0144 9.7755 0009705 339.7238 224.4618 15.98371785 12 Satellite: STS-78 Catalog number: 23931 Epoch time: 96172.64756829 Element set: 1 Inclination: 39.0144 deg RA of node: 9.7755 deg Eccentricity: 0.0009705 Arg of perigee: 339.7238 deg Mean anomaly: 224.4618 deg Mean motion: 15.98371785 rev/day Decay rate: 1.11068e-04 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 1 Checksum: 323 VEC2TLE may be downloaded from: ftp.amsat.org /amsat/software/PC/util Ken Ernandes n2wwd@amsat.org