Pegasus/TRACE Elements

Keith Stein (kstein@launchspace.com)
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 10:18:11 -0800

Hello Everyone,

Here are the nominal orbit paramters for the Pegasus XL/TRACE launch
scheduled for Thursday, April 2, 0240 UTC (Wednesday, April 1, 9:40 p.m.
eastern time);

                                      TRACE SEPARATION

EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):               092/02:46:44.840
PERIOD (MIN):                         97.230
INCLINATION (DEG):                    97.880
ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                   0.004000
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):                 7004.2316
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):            160.930
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):           266.940
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                   4.630
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  000:09:44.840
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:    003:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM):                          603.4057
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):             14.23N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):            217.00E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):     188.123
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):      092/02:46:44.840


Keith Stein
Associate Technical Editor

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