karn@eagle.UUCP (Phil Karn) (10/04/83)
>From the AMSAT bulletin board (512) 852-8194:
NUMBER: 1052 DATE: 100283 TO: ALL FROM: N5AHD
SUBJECT: STS-9 ELEMENTS
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO DO SOME PRELIMINARY COMPUTATIONS THE
FOLLOWING ELEMENTS WERE SUPPLIED BY W5RRR ON THE AMSAT NET FOR THE
STS-9 MISSION. THESE ARE OF COURSE THE BEST ESTIMATES AVAILABLE
AT THE TIME. UPDATES WILL BE POSTED HERE.
EPOCH 1983 DAY 302
TIME 17:46:44.89
INCLINATION 57.0248
RAAN 178.60498
ECCENTRICITY 0.00083
ARG OF PERIGEE 1.86848
MEAN ANOMALY 358.13682
MEAN MOTION 16.07142857
DECAY RATE 0.030
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS 6633.118215
NODAL PERIOD 89.40 MINUTES
LONG. INCREMENT 22.71 DEGREES/ORBIT
AVERAGE HEIGHT 249.5 KM
W5LFL WILL BE OPERATIONAL ON A TOTAL OF 8 ORBITS ONLY 3 OF
WHICH ARE VISIBLE TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. THESE
ARE ORBITS 39, 40, AND 80.