karn (11/13/82)
STS-5 orbital elements, courtesy of the Goddard Space Flight Center: Epoch time: 82317.00027189 (Nov 13 1982 00:00:023.491 UTC) Inclination: 28.4686 deg Right Ascension of Ascending Node: 57.6164 deg Eccentricity: .0016157 Argument of Perigee: 263.4690 deg Mean anomaly at epoch: 52.2153 deg Mean Motion: 15.86499833 orbits/day some secondary numbers: Semi Major Axis: 6690.25 km Anomalistic Period: 90.765846 min Apogee: 327.71 km Perigee: 306.09 km I derived these elements from a position-velocity fix taken at the epoch time. I understand that the measurements of position are accurate to about 100 meters. Phil