Long March/Iridium Launch
Keith Stein (kstein@launchspace.com)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 15:45:23 -0700
Long March/Iridium Pre-launch Orbital Parameters
SV-003 AT SEP TI SV-076 AT SEP TI
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 204/10:52:04.306 204/10:52:04.306
PERIOD (MIN): 97.319 97.326
INCLINATION (DEG): 86.401 86.401
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.001016 0.001100
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 7008.5256 7008.8436
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 300.880 302.684
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 26.876 26.876
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 22.538 20.734
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:50:09.000 000:50:09.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 004:00:00.000 004:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 640.9794 640.6618
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 36.72S 36.725S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 280.20E 280.205E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 4.482 4.482
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 204/10:52:04.306 204/10:52:04.306
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SMART DISPENSER
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 204/10:52:04.000
PERIOD (MIN): 97.319
INCLINATION (DEG): 86.401
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.001069
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 7008.5256
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 300.277
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 26.876
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 23.137
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:50:09.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 004:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 640.6622
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 36.72S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 280.20E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 4.482
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 204/10:52:04.000
Keith Stein
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