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From: karn@allegra.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.ham-radio
Subject: STS-9 element update
Message-ID: <2060@allegra.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 16:50:42 EST
Article-I.D.: allegra.2060
Posted: Fri Dec  2 16:50:42 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 4-Dec-83 06:26:29 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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Note that the epoch time is just before an ascending node; hence the
orbit number is still 65, but changes to 66 just a few seconds after
epoch.

Phil

Satellite: sts-9
Catalog number: 14523
Epoch time:      83336.69925498
   Fri Dec  2 16:46:55.630 1983 UTC
Element set:     MH 12-2
Inclination:       57.0130 deg
RA of node:       188.0470 deg
Eccentricity:    0.0007644
Arg of perigee:   302.3730 deg
Mean anomaly:      57.4320 deg
Mean motion:   16.10618270 rev/day
Decay rate:      0.0042755 rev/day^2
Epoch rev:              65
Semi major axis:  6622.921 km
Anom period:     89.406660 min
Apogee:            260.571 km
Perigee:           250.446 km