FW: STS-91 Nominal Orbital Data
Holwerda Wim W (wim.holwerda@waalwijk.zeneca.com)
Wed, 6 May 1998 08:01:53 +0100
Dear satellite observers,
As there has been a discussion lately on the Seesat list whether or not
the next shuttle would be visible (weather permitting) shortly after
launch from W. Europe, I feel it could be useful forwarding this
meesage.
Best regards,
Wim Holwerda (wim.holwerda@waalwijk.zeneca.com)
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>From: Kenneth J. Ernandes[SMTP:n2wwd@mindspring.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 2:32 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: STS-91 Nominal Orbital Data
>
>Below is the nominal State Vector and Keplerian Elements for
>STS-91. The vector data comes from NASA; the Keplerian Elements
>were computed from the vector.
>
>This file may be read by VEC2TLE version 9648 to update your
>Keplerian Elements text file.
>
>Vector format = 10117
>Satellite Name: STS-91
>Catalog Number: 99991
>Epoch MET: 0.03055722222
> 0/00:44:00.144 MET
>EFG E: 6371211.1 ft
> F: 20626945.3 ft
> G: -4094598.0 ft
> Edot: -14765.940587 ft/s
> Fdot: 749.245859 ft/s
> Gdot: -19202.817137 ft/s
>ndot/2 (drag): 0.00019197128 rev/day^2
>nddt/6: 1.52887E-09 rev/day^3
>Bstar: 1.21815E-05 1/Earth Radii
>Elset #: 1
>Rev @ Epoch: 1.53816461226
>
>Launch scheduled: 02-JUN-98 / 22:10 UTC
>
>The following Keplerian elements were computed by VEC2TLE from this
>vector, using a 0.1 drag multiplier:
>
>STS-91
>1 99991U 98153.95416833 .00019197 15289-8 12182-4 0 14
>2 99991 51.6585 118.9054 0094758 9.4673 184.2603 16.07166530 19
>
>Satellite: STS-91
>Catalog number: 99991
>Epoch time: 98153.95416833
>Element set: 1
>Inclination: 51.6585 deg
>RA of node: 118.9054 deg
>Eccentricity: 0.0094758
>Arg of perigee: 9.4673 deg
>Mean anomaly: 184.2603 deg
>Mean motion: 16.07166530 rev/day
>Decay rate: 1.91971e-04 rev/day^2
>Epoch rev: 1
>Checksum: 329
>
>VEC2TLE may be downloaded from the Web page listed below.
>
>Ken Ernandes
>n2wwd@amsat.org
>http://www.mindspring.com/~n2wwd
>
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