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Subject: STS-51F Preliminary Elements
Message-ID: <379@petrus.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 17:11:32 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 20 17:11:32 1985
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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