Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 16, Rev 040>

David Cottle (dcottle@ozemail.com.au)
Sat, 13 Jan 1996 14:20:55 -0800 

Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 14:18:21 -0800
To: 2 STS TLE 2
From: David Cottle <dcottle@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 16, Rev 040>

STS-72      
1 23762U 96001A   96013.83677662  .00002415  00000-0  83419-5 0   162
2 23762  28.4504  76.4942 0006440 281.5057 167.4540 15.88221180   406

Launch time for STS-72: 11 JAN 96 @ 09:41:00.086 UTC

Earth-Fixed Greenwich State Vector :

Vector format = 117
Satellite Name:         STS-72
Catalog Number:         23762  96001A    
Epoch Date/Time:        96013.83677662037
                        01/13/1996  20:04:57.500 UTC
EFG E:                           -7067247 ft
    F:                           17941749 ft
    G:                           10438602 ft
    Edot:                       -22229.63 ft/s
    Fdot:                        -8879.00 ft/s
    Gdot:                          217.71 ft/s
ndot/2 (drag):              0.00002414835 rev/day^2
nddt/6:                       0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar:                        8.34191E-06 1/Earth Radii
Elset #:                               16
Rev @ Epoch:               40.24710835976


Keplerian Elements (Amsat format):

Satellite: STS-72      
Catalog number: 23762
Epoch time:      96013.83677662
Element set:      16
Inclination:       28.4504 deg
RA of node:        76.4942 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0006440
Arg of perigee:   281.5057 deg
Mean anomaly:     167.4540 deg
Mean motion:   15.88221180 rev/day
Decay rate:    2.41484e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              40
Check sum:             296

Drag Factor is 0.1

SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITAL DATA:

These 2-line elements have been generated using Ken Ernandes' program
VEC2TLE using real time state vector data supplied by DOD C-Band Radar
Network courtesy Dave Simonson. Note that the epoch of the 2-line
elements is the same as the state vector time.

Occasionally these elements are derived from the Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC) NASA Orbital Information Group (OIG), using Curtis Haases' program
VEC2VIF that formats the OIG vectors for use by VEC2TLE.

The source of the data can be confirmed by the data format of the vector ;
EFG, ft, ft/s      = DOD C-Band Radar Network
ECI, km, km/s      = NASA OIG RAID RBBS
ECI M50, ft, ft/s  = Rockwell Mission Support Room

Drag and B-Star parameters are internally calculated by VEC2TLE using
the drag factor. Rev numbers use NASA orbit numbering convention.

                                Dave Cottle


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