[net.ham-radio] STS-51F Preliminary Elements

karn@petrus.UUCP (06/21/85)

While we're on the topic of Shuttle elements, here's a preliminary
set for the next mission, the one with yet another "ham in space":

Satellite: sts-51f
Catalog number: 0
Epoch time:      85195.81669658
   Sun Jul 14 19:36:02.584 1985 UTC
Element set:     rev3
Inclination:       49.5000 deg
RA of node:       120.7914 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0000000
Arg of perigee:   330.0000 deg
Mean anomaly:      30.0000 deg
Mean motion:   15.61455314 rev/day
Decay rate:        0.00025 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              32
Semi major axis:  6762.458 km
Anom period:     92.221659 min
Apogee:            387.404 km
Perigee:           387.404 km
Ref perigee:      2751.81135968
   Sun Jul 14 19:28:21.476 1985 UTC