H-2/COMETS Launch
Keith Stein (kstein@launchspace.com)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 17:47:17 -0800
Hello all,
Can someone convert these parameters to two-line orbital elements for each
event. They are for the COMETS launch tomorrow morning at 2:55 a.m. eastern
time (07:55 UTC).
SECO-2 COMETS SEPARATIO
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 052/08:21:38.241 052/08:22:12.860
PERIOD (MIN): 627.512 635.708
INCLINATION (DEG): 28.506 28.500
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.727016 0.729365
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 24279.6066 24490.5621
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 178.977 178.998
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 305.309 305.309
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 0.476 0.794
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:26:38.000 000:27:12.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 021:00:00.000 021:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 235.3983 247.8481
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 1.17S 2.630S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 211.01E 213.534E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 118.488 118.394
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 052/08:21:38.241 052/08:22:12.860
SECO-3 H-2 EOM
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 052/08:35:18.540 052/10:03:20.000
PERIOD (MIN): 475.154 479.347
INCLINATION (DEG): 28.215 27.927
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.673177 0.670829
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 20170.4974 20288.9841
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 177.647 177.739
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 304.294 304.806
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 11.505 77.560
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:40:20.000 002:08:20.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 016:00:00.000 017:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 2235.6427 19209.8242
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 25.05S 15.611S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 264.57E 331.092E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 103.606 66.531
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 052/08:35:18.540 052/10:03:20.000
Thanks.
Keith Stein
Associate Technical Editor
Launchspace Publications, Inc.
http://www.launchspace.com
(703) 749-2324, ext 114
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