Delta/Iridium Orbit Predicts
Keith Stein (kstein@launchspace.com)
Thu, 14 May 1998 12:42:11 -0700
Delta/Iridium Nominal Orbit Data
SECO-1 SECO-2
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 135/21:39:19.900 135/22:26:42.100
PERIOD (MIN): 92.738 97.498
INCLINATION (DEG): 86.393 86.583
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.035140 0.000000
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6786.7975 7017.0787
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 182.780 246.559
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 265.279 265.257
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 351.505 112.089
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:11:13.900 000:58:36.100
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 000:58:36.100 001:02:30.000
HEIGHT (KM): 178.6517 645.3631
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 6.23N 1.480S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 246.64E 55.050E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 176.374 3.416
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 135/21:39:19.900 135/22:26:42.100
SV-1 SEP SV-2 SEP
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 135/22:30:36.000 135/22:40:36.000
PERIOD (MIN): 97.478 97.267
INCLINATION (DEG): 86.583 86.580
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.000341 0.001392
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 7016.1220 7006.0062
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 119.182 194.357
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 265.257 265.255
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 253.899 215.706
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:001:02:30.000 001:12:30.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 003:00:00.000 003:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 644.1100 646.9693
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 12.98N 49.949N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 54.94E 55.706E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 3.504 5.301
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 135/22:30:36.000 135/22:40:36.000
SV-3 SEP SV-4 SEP
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 135/22:44:46.000 135/22:48:56.000
PERIOD (MIN): 97.172 97.113
INCLINATION (DEG): 86.579 86.579
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.001746 0.001882
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 7001.4540 6998.6291
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 219.005 241.539
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 265.253 265.251
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 206.441 199.279
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:001:16:40.000 001:20:50.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 003:00:00.000 003:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 648.7415 649.5093
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 65.22N 80.182N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 58.00E 69.656E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 8.148 20.374
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 135/22:44:46.000 135/22:48:56.000
SV-5 SEP SECO-3
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 135/22:53:06.000 135/23:14:11.700
PERIOD (MIN): 97.107 92.734
INCLINATION (DEG): 86.579 82.994
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.001728 0.032902
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6998.3224 6786.6340
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 262.976 358.337
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 265.249 265.643
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 193.210 177.611
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:001:25:00.000 001:46:05.700
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 003:00:00.000 003:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 648.7455 637.6020
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 83.00N 3.773N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 199.52E 223.156E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 150.827 172.983
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 135/22:53:06.000 135/23:14:11.700
Keith Stein
Associate Technical Editor
Launchspace Publications, Inc.
http://www.launchspace.com