Deep Space 1/SEDSat-1 Orbital Data

Keith Stein (kstein@launchspace.com)
Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:31:34 -0400

NOMINAL ORBITS FOR DEEP SPACE 1 AND SEDSAT LAUNCH

                                    SECO-1           SES-2           
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             297/12:10:29.561 297/12:46:11.772
PERIOD (MIN):                       88.201           88.216        
INCLINATION (DEG):                  28.462           28.452         
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.000020         0.001859        
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               6563.5952        6564.3651      
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          120.565          279.463         
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         36.496           36.337         
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 360.000          347.277         
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:10:29.561    000:46:11.772   
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  000:46:11.772    000:47:04.960   
HEIGHT (KM):                        179.0558         175.7280      
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           24.34N           28.539S        
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          305.09E          78.312E        
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   105.432          91.789         
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    297/12:10:29.561 297/12:46:11.772

                                    SECO-2           STAGE 2/3 SEPARA
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             297/12:47:04.960 297/12:47:57.960
PERIOD (MIN):                       115.096          115.097        
INCLINATION (DEG):                  28.452           28.453         
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.163951         0.163954        
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               7837.9134        7837.9518      
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          269.850          269.870         
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         36.344           36.335         
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 0.409            3.163         
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:47:04.960    000:47:57.960   
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  000:47:57.960    000:48:44.960   
HEIGHT (KM):                        178.1484         180.8769      
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           28.59S           28.507S        
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          82.33E           86.542E        
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   89.768           87.657         
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    297/12:47:04.960 297/12:47:57.960

                                    TES              SES-3           
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             297/12:48:44.960 297/13:02:54.007
PERIOD (MIN):                       115.098          115.127        
INCLINATION (DEG):                  28.453           28.487         
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.163958         0.163422        
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               7838.0086        7839.3103      
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          269.885          270.288         
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         36.329           36.237         
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 5.086            49.660         
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:48:44.960    001:02:54.007   
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  001:02:54.007    001:03:25.557   
HEIGHT (KM):                        185.2631         771.2407      
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           28.36S           11.199S        
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          89.42E           146.503E        
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   86.194           63.600         
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    297/12:48:44.960 297/13:02:54.007

                                    SECO-3           SEDSAT-1 SEPARAT
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             297/13:03:25.557 297/13:28:20.000
PERIOD (MIN):                       100.864          100.841        
INCLINATION (DEG):                  31.512           31.489         
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.338712         0.328316        
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               7177.7037        7176.5858      
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          249.141          247.395         
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         33.821           33.773         
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 87.143           178.031         
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:001:03:25.557    001:28:20.000   
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  001:28:20.000    005:00:00.000   
HEIGHT (KM):                        1454.5150        3145.8521      
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           6.83N            28.667N        
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          176.45E          221.727E        
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   59.137           76.172         
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    297/13:03:25.557 297/13:28:20.000


Keith Stein
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