Atlas/Intelsat Launch Data

Keith Stein (kstein@launchspace.com)
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:32:35 -0700

NOMINAL ORBITS

                                    MECO-1           MECO-2          
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             169/22:57:45.000 169/23:14:07.000
PERIOD (MIN):                       90.500           633.200        
INCLINATION (DEG):                  27.830           23.950         
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.022300         0.732100        
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               6677.1741        24426.1064      
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          151.100          179.000         
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         73.200           73.100         
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 325.700          0.560         
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:09:45.000    000:26:07.000   
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  000:26:07.000    000:30:07.000   
HEIGHT (KM):                        171.0106         154.7252      
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           25.08N           1.574S        
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          299.96E          1.093E        
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   102.742          113.949         
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    169/22:57:45.000 169/23:14:07.000

                                    INTELSAT SEP     EOM             
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             169/23:18:07.000 170/00:53:59.400
PERIOD (MIN):                       633.400          629.900        
INCLINATION (DEG):                  23.960           23.120         
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.732100         0.731000        
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               24431.2490       24341.1673      
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          179.000          177.300         
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         73.100           74.960         
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 2.820            63.340         
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:30:07.000    002:05:59.400   
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  012:00:00.000    012:00:00.000   
HEIGHT (KM):                        430.4202         22258.9261      
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           9.82S            13.668S        
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          19.32E           119.798E        
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   112.035          71.106         
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    169/23:18:07.000 170/00:53:59.400


Keith Stein
Associate Technical Editor

Launchspace Publications, Inc.
http://www.launchspace.com