EUTELSAT/SIRIUS Orbital Data
Keith Stein (kstein@erols.com)
Mon, 05 Oct 1998 09:41:59 -0700
EUTELSAT/SIRIUS NOMINAL ORBITS
EUTELSAT W2 AT S SIRIUS 3 AT SEP
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 278/23:10:43.000 278/23:16:15.000
PERIOD (MIN): 635.597 633.559
INCLINATION (DEG): 7.000 7.000
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.731370 0.730755
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 24487.7154 24435.3478
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 178.000 178.032
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 174.938 174.937
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 1.736 4.884
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:19:43.000 000:25:15.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 003:00:00.000 003:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 270.0931 954.1010
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 1.58S 4.512S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 5.68E 30.791E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 96.885 95.457
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 278/23:10:43.000 278/23:16:15.000
Keith Stein
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