kd2bd@ka2qhd.UUCP (John Magliacane) (02/07/90)
Msg# TSP Size To @ BBS From Date Time Bid
5480 BN$ 1407 ALL AMSAT W3ATQ 900207 0309 ANS-037.06
Subject: PRE-LAUNCH STS 36 KEPLARIAN ELEMENTS
R:900207/0045z @:WA2SNA.NJ.USA.NA Hawthorne, NJ #:18515 Z:07506
R:900206/2306z @:KB3UD.PA.USA.NA East Bangor,Pa #:13124
R:900206/2225z 355@N3ET-1.#EPA.PA.USA.NA [Allentown] Z:18103
R:900206/2025z @:KA3T.MD.USA.NA Mt. Airy #:783 O:W3ATQ
R:900206/1853z 38373@W3IWI.MD.USA [Balto/Wash MD/DC/VA/DE] Z:21029
R:900206/1730z 33982@WA4ONG.VA.USA.NA [Richmond, VA] Z:23235
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 037.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD FEBRUARY 6, 1990
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
Aviation Week reports that the next shuttle flight, DOD STS-36, will go into a
62 deg inc, 110 x 110 nm orbit. Current launch time is 16-Feb-90 1:21 AM EST.
This will be the lowest altitude and highest inclination operational orbit
to date. Estimated keplerian elements are:
Satellite STS-36
Catalog Number 90010
Int Des 1990 910A
Epoch 90 47.32395131 02/16/90 0746:29 UTC
Drag 0.00100000 Rev/Day^2
Element Set 1
Inclination 62.0000 Deg
RAAN 144.7666 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0000000
Mean Anomoly 360.0000 Deg
Mean Anomoly 0.0000 Deg
Mean Motion 16.25824035 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 1
Semimajor Axis 6581.88 Km
Period 88.57 Min
Apogee 203.72 km 126.59 sm 110.00 nm
Perigee 203.72 km 126.59 sm 110.00 nm
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