Re: Shuttle keps

From: Gerhard HOLTKAMP (grd.holtkamp@t-online.de)
Date: Fri Jun 30 2006 - 17:06:03 EDT

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    Dale wrote:
    
    >Is there a set of preliminary elements for the shuttle that assume an
    >on-time lift off? I am interested in knowing how many minutes behind (or
    >ahead) of the ISS it may be around 5UT 3 July, about 10hrs before docking.
    
    The planned orbit elements are posted by NASA Human Space Flight on 
    	http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/elements
    in the form of state vectors and as equivalent TLEs. (The TLEs for Coasting 
    Arc #1 are wrong but the others seem to be OK.)
    
    With these data I get a shuttle / ISS seperation of 48 km on 3-JUL-06, 5 UT 
    which would see the shuttle trailing the ISS by some 6 or 7 seconds.
    
    Gerhard HOLTKAMP
    Darmstadt, Germany
    
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