Delta 2/Thor 3 Nominal Orbits

Keith Stein (kstein@launchspace.com)
Fri, 05 Jun 1998 18:12:40 -0700

DELTA 2/THOR 3 NOMINAL ORBITS

                                    SECO-1           SECO-2
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             160/22:42:57.100 160/22:56:02.400
PERIOD (MIN):                       87.810           100.856
INCLINATION (DEG):                  29.209           28.169
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.001256         0.089358
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               6544.2131        7177.2961
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          136.194          181.058
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         51.061           50.990
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 352.663          1.429
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:09:57.100    000:23:02.400
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  000:23:02.400    001:10:22.200
HEIGHT (KM):                        151.6181         152.9354
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           22.44N           1.345S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          304.95E          351.374E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   109.346          118.156
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    160/22:42:57.100 160/22:56:02.400

                                    SECO-3           TECO
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             160/23:43:22.200 160/23:46:19.400
PERIOD (MIN):                       116.180          680.113
INCLINATION (DEG):                  26.680           20.290
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.018213         0.695335
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               7887.0647        25618.1557
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          303.502          358.670
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         51.234           51.028
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 48.119           0.598
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:001:10:22.200    001:13:19.400
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  001:13:19.400    001:15:12.200
HEIGHT (KM):                        1409.4698        1413.6559
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           3.08S            0.692N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          151.12E          158.159E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   63.472           69.680
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    160/23:43:22.200 160/23:46:19.400

                                    S/C SEPARATION   SECO-4
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             160/23:48:12.200 161/00:08:08.800
PERIOD (MIN):                       680.045          103.970
INCLINATION (DEG):                  20.290           26.562
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.695309         0.088440
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               25616.4377       7324.2691
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          358.683          258.916
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         51.028           50.565
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 1.593            170.271
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:001:15:12.200    001:35:08.800
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  010:00:00.000    006:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM):                        1466.5883        1579.4782
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           3.36N            25.070N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          164.90E          219.012E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   69.935           80.621
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    160/23:48:12.200 161/00:08:08.800


Keith Stein
Associate Technical Editor

Launchspace Publications, Inc.
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