RE: Regarding the ISS Orbit Boost

From: Mgr. CSc. Antonín Vítek (AVitek@seznam.cz)
Date: Tue Jun 17 2008 - 16:40:00 UTC

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    Only small asddendum: The lowermost value in the first column (described in heading as DT) is mäneuver duration in days/hours:minutes:seconds.decimals of seceön. Approximately equak ti the burn time. The upeer two values are exactky speaking Time of ignition (TIG), i.e. start of the burn.
    
    < ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
    < Od: Ted Molczan <ssl3molcz@rogers.com>
    < Předmět: RE: Regarding the ISS Orbit Boost
    < Datum: 17.6.2008 15:53:36
    < ----------------------------------------
    < Gene Harriman wrote:
    < 
    < > I saw Kevin F.'s note on the ISS orbit boost, and I'm looking 
    < > at the NASA page referenced.  I see the part at the top where 
    < > maneuvers are referenced.  Can someone help me with what I'm 
    < > looking at? 
    < > That is, what do the various parts mean?
    < > 
    < > IMPULSIVE TIG (GMT)   M50 DVx(FPS)      LVLH DVx(FPS)      DVmag(FPS)
    < >    IMPULSIVE TIG (MET)   M50 DVy(FPS)      LVLH DVy(FPS)   Invar Sph HA
    < >    DT                    M50 DVz(FPS)      LVLH DVz(FPS)   Invar Sph HP
    < >    
    < > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    < >    171/06:52:31.233           9.6              11.3              11.4
    < >    N/A                       -3.1               0.1              186.8
    < >    000/00:19:02.466          -5.1               0.2              186.2
    < 
    < The first column state the day and the time of the manoeuvre, as GMT and
    < mission-elapsed time (MET).
    < 
    < The middle two columns state the Cartesian components of the velocity change in
    < feet per second; the first in an Earth-centred inertial frame, the second in
    < the
    < vehicle's Local Vertical Local Horizontal rotating, instantaneously inertial
    < frame.
    < 
    < The final column states the magnitude of the velocity change in feet per
    < second,
    < and the resulting apogee and perigee height, in nautical miles.
    < 
    < Additional information on the coordinate systems is available here:
    < 
    < http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/elements/index.html 
    < 
    < To generate predictions that take into account the manoeuvre, look up the
    < elements for the first coasting arc after the time of ignition; in this case,
    < coasting arc #4, as appended to this message. The elements are stated in
    < several
    < forms, but the most commonly used are the 2-line mean elements, which are
    < listed
    < last.
    < 
    < Ted Molczan
    < 
    < 
    < Coasting Arc #4 (Orbit 2885)
    <     ---------------------------------------
    <  
    <     Vector Time (GMT): 2008/171/07:02:02.466
    <     Vector Time (MET): N/A
    <     Weight (LBS)     : 661038.9
    <  
    <               M50 Cartesian                         M50 Keplerian  
    <     -----------------------------------       --------------------------------
    <      X    =         592665.98                 A    =         6718465.15  meter
    <      Y    =       -4132509.24  meter          E    =           .0005618
    <      Z    =       -5268729.42                 I    =           51.64927
    <      XDOT =       7649.903609                 Wp   =           88.16827
    <      YDOT =        836.463568  meter/sec      RA   =            5.03357  deg
    <      ZDOT =        204.804353                 TA   =          183.77368
    <                                               MA   =          183.77792
    <                                               Ha   =            186.838  n.mi
    <                                               Hp   =            186.165
    <  
    <               M50 Cartesian                         J2K Cartesian  
    <     -----------------------------------       --------------------------------
    <      X    =        1944442.19                 X    =          664426.78
    <      Y    =      -13558101.20  feet           Y    =        -4125479.33  meter
    <      Z    =      -17285857.68                 Z    =        -5265676.85
    <      XDOT =      25098.108954                 XDOT =        7638.986683
    <      YDOT =       2744.303045  feet/sec       YDOT =         921.948085
    < meter/sec
    <      ZDOT =        671.930291                 ZDOT =         241.941191
    <  
    <               TDR Cartesian                         TDR Cartesian  
    <     -----------------------------------       --------------------------------
    <      X    =        -973289.49                 X    =         -296658.64
    <      Y    =      -13676663.91  feet           Y    =        -4168647.16  meter
    <      Z    =      -17274414.93                 Z    =        -5265241.67
    <      XDOT =      24088.932026                 XDOT =        7342.306482
    <      YDOT =      -2742.140976  feet/sec       YDOT =        -835.804569
    < meter/sec
    <      ZDOT =        814.988173                 ZDOT =         248.408395
    <   
    <   
    <     The mean element set is posted at the UTC for which position is
    <     just north of the next ascending node relative to the above
    <     vector time
    <  
    <  
    <     TWO LINE MEAN ELEMENT SET
    <   
    <     ISS
    <     1 25544U 98067A   08171.30853553  .00020000  00000-0  20000-3 0  9031
    <     2 25544  51.6413   5.4475 0009429 273.9651  86.0434 15.74579497 28861
    < 
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