Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 38, Rev 107>
David Cottle (dcottle@ozemail.com.au)
Wed, 17 Jan 1996 21:14:58 -0800
>Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 21:14:07 -0800
>To: 2 STS TLE 2
>From: David Cottle <dcottle@ozemail.com.au>
>Subject: Current STS-72 TLEs, KEPs and State Vector <Set 38, Rev 107>
>
>STS-72
>1 23762U 96001A 96018.12756778 .00002446 00000-0 82509-5 0 382
>2 23762 28.4515 44.5197 0006555 343.3024 214.7113 15.88691491 1076
>
>Launch time for STS-72: 11 JAN 96 @ 09:41:00.086 UTC
>
>Earth-Fixed Greenwich State Vector :
>
>Vector format = 7
>Satellite Name: STS-72
>Catalog Number: 23762 96001A
>Epoch Date/Time: 96018.12756777800
> 01/18/1996 03:03:41.856 UTC
>ECI X: -3257.6001603392 km
> Y: -5756.0295551189 km
> Z: -985.46999999999 km
> Xdot: 6.23022807121682 km/s
> Ydot: -2.9272548365225 km/s
> Zdot: -3.5005669999999 km/s
>ndot/2 (drag): 0.00002445799 rev/day^2
>nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
>Bstar: 8.25090E-06 1/Earth Radii
>Elset #: 38
>Rev @ Epoch: 107.55000823348
>
>Keplerian Elements (Amsat format):
>
>Satellite: STS-72
>Catalog number: 23762
>Epoch time: 96018.12756778
>Element set: 38
>Inclination: 28.4515 deg
>RA of node: 44.5197 deg
>Eccentricity: 0.0006555
>Arg of perigee: 343.3024 deg
>Mean anomaly: 214.7113 deg
>Mean motion: 15.88691491 rev/day
>Decay rate: 2.44580e-05 rev/day^2
>Epoch rev: 107
>Check sum: 313
>
>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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David Cottle
IDB Communications.
Sydney, Australia.
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