| Title: | Space Exploration |
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From: [email protected] (Frank O'Donnell)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space
Date: 9 Jul 91 20:08:15 GMT
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The following are orbital elements for various NASA and
international solar system missions tracked by the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory. Thanks to Steve Matousek of JPL for providing them
in this form.
Each entry is as follows:
MISS indicates the mission name, followed by its launch date in the
form of an L followed by YYMMDD. The last number on this line is
a U followed by YYMMDD, which indicates when the database was updated.
EPOCH = First number is epoch of elements as YYMMDD. HHMMSS.
Second number is start time, third number is stop time for elements.
Start and stop times given as YYMMDD.FF (i.e. FF is fraction of a day).
X = Classical elements in Earth ecliptic and equinox of 1950.
First line gives, left to right: semimajor axis (km), eccentricity,
inclination (degrees).
Second line gives, left to right: longitude of ascending node
(degrees), argument of periapsis (degrees), mean anomaly.
All elements are Sun-centered.
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MISS PIONEER 6 L651216 U850304
EPOCH = 651216. 000000. 651216.00 731218.00
X = 134387958.00000 94.2805931000e-03 .16916329000000
-101.49333000000 4.5929197000000 -3422.7628000000
EPOCH = 731218. 000000. 731218.00 820101.00
X = 134367314.34489 94.2609224339e-03 .20239761376389
-109.09551548849 12.226221186036 -38.025874630285
EPOCH = 820101. 000000. 820101.00 830101.00
X = 134425840.00000 94.4089691000e-03 .16864667000000
-102.58174600000 5.4331765000000 119.68898000000
EPOCH = 830101. 000000. 830101.00 850101.00
X = 134443580.00000 94.3645660000e-03 .16903797300000
-102.57813800000 5.4968432700000 -178.04414400000
EPOCH = 841101. 000000. 850101.00 991231.00
X = 134453616.99108 94.2278871396e-03 .16897494141936
-102.62726688528 5.4036423943013 -122.93463008118
MISS PIONEER 7 L660818 U850304
EPOCH = 660818. 000000. 660818.00 741215.00
X = 159704372.00000 58.3820540000e-03 .60202312000000
85.569767000000 -144.71106000000 -2139.9193000000
EPOCH = 741215. 000000. 741215.00 820101.00
X = 159718526.97336 53.9719214627e-03 92.2296590047e-03
-39.343212107884 -24.085460496448 -137.84800394815
EPOXH = 820101. 000000. 820101.00 830101.00
X = 159776037.00000 54.2293128000e-03 94.6437646000e-03
-37.169235400000 -26.494018200000 1.2227233240000
EPOCH = 830101. 000000. 830101.00 850101.00
X = 159782226.00000 54.2734270000e-03 94.5217710000e-03
-37.288059900000 -26.409435600000 -32.839896600000
EPOCH = 841101. 000000. 850101.00 991231.00
X = 159786815.98756 54.2954132237e-03 94.4496127189e-03
-37.334507216473 -26.291145350808 -154.69811290323
MISS PIONEER 8 L671214 U850304
EPOCH = 680315. 000000. 671214.00 740819.00
X = 155529207.00799 46.8871012184e-03 57.6207787296e-03
95.063231522621 -23.040590302625 94.245557185840
EPOCH = 740819. 000000. 740819.00 820101.00
X = 155632812.83109 46.4424421059e-03 57.5927499402e-03
97.036645047229 -24.928693464868 114.73766672155
EPOCH = 820101. 000000. 820101.00 830101.00
X = 155645418.00000 46.4284433000e-03 54.9031983000e-03
97.762313300000 -25.696407400000 95.116523880000
EPOCH = 830101. 000000. 830101.00 850101.00
X = 155640066.00000 46.4397530000e-03 54.8837300000e-03
98.374433600000 -26.351174400000 74.137598400000
EPOCH = 841101. 000000. 850101.00 991231.00
X = 155527887.36444 46.4593995384e-03 54.8836060597e-03
98.011010945688 -25.312810813026 -24.165965394650
MISS PIONEER 9 L681108 U850304
EPOCH = 681108. 000000. 681108.00 740819.00
X = 130497683.00000 .13529270000000 89.8391858000e-03
-138.75833000000 5.8325154000000 -1982.3315000000
EPOCH = 740819. 000000. 740819.00 820101.00
X = 130492971.02560 .13534163168624 89.2238430646e-03
-139.23083374234 6.2816123337694 -149.77584089745
EPOCH = 820101. 000000. 820101.00 830101.00
X = 130490230.00000 .13545723300000 89.3008680000e-03
-139.28906700000 6.3618929780000 -132.41157000000
EPOCH = 830101. 000000. 830101.00 850101.00
X = 130500924.00000 .13539665000000 89.8188850000e-03
-139.94565700000 6.6639413700000 -50.847285400000
EPOCH = 841101. 000000. 850101.00 991231.00
X = 130516751.57087 .13544825099282 89.6618328412e-03
-140.08153798137 7.0743120439163 39.601727767601
MISS PIONEER 10 L720303 U880424
EPOCH = 720303. 000000. 720303.00 731203.00
X = 520424607.54372 .71514353446012 1.9159126952516
-17.802532830827 177.24784768712 .32083636700673
EPOCH = 750601. 000000. 731203.00 820101.00
X = -1027693149.3121 1.7371996273908 3.1387598601590
-28.635799098483 -13.223989189377 29.885063252398
EPOCH = 820101. 000000. 820101.00 850101.00
X = -1038655790.2591 1.7254455666029 3.1387322190841
-28.740288529729 -13.356561995405 159.13098932908
EPOCH = 850101. 000006. 850101.00 101231.00
X = -1034818893.9489 1.7278354114951 3.1410418158891
-29.186407842640 -12.880177045560 219.17906257610
MISS PIONEER 11 L730405 U880424
EPOCH = 730405. 000000. 730405.00 741203.00
X = 532313220.00000 .71883257000000 2.9674918000000
14.766008000000 -179.95950000000 -6.933784000000e-03
EPOCH = 741203. 000000. 741203.00 790901.00
X = 2533066020.0000 .78000817000000 13.624957000000
-4.6165658000000 59.392692000000 -6.1330404000000
EPOCH = 790901. 000000. 790901.00 820101.00
X = -1200402686.7730 2.1548022111373 14.249268713277
158.98640914769 18.616292493825 -7.3378188118653
EPOCH = 820101. 000000. 820101.00 850101.00
X = -1206924069.2858 2.1597440146657 16.625674166520
159.70146298359 12.817620803231 32.748054696401
EPOCH = 850101. 000006. 850101.00 870901.00
X = -1214684453.9504 2.1532142958170 16.628682451567
159.74362307016 12.806296175621 79.187617580863
EPOCH = 870901. 000000. 870901.00 101231.00
X = -1218887984.6468 2.1466489628163 16.629729237320
159.74218875547 12.678341112070 120.13101905606
MISS VOYAGER 2 L770822 U891205
EPOCH = 780913. 000000. 770822.58 790709.92
X = 544430180.00000 .72479243000000 4.8371478000000
-33.042936000000 11.833877000000 53.786704000000
EPOCH = 790916. 000000. 790709.92 810826.12
X = -2223298800.0000 1.3378166000000 2.5823864000000
119.19682000000 -9.1700690000000 4.7983329000000
EPOCH = 840101. 000000. 810826.12 860124.75
X = -586900217.00000 3.4483721000000 2.6624518000000
76.953528000000 112.26086000000 112.27854000000
EPOCH = 860304. 213342. 860124.75 870313.09
X = -447298438.00000 5.8173618000000 2.4947812000000
-100.38327000000 -46.077129000000 227.80917000000
EPOCH = 870703. 000000. 870313.09 890825.00
X = -448186072.07496 5.8064008703223 2.4961708185105
-100.37571351025 -46.106321511145 319.56635779743
EPOCH = 900101. 000000. 890825.00 401231.00
X = -601336104.07806 6.2841031300060 78.818872855998
100.93547019507 130.05802628715 298.13983330516
MISS VOYAGER 1 L770905 U891205
EPOCH = 780830. 000000. 770905.54 790305.50
X = 747558670.00000 .79852825000000 1.0354671000000
-17.982089000000 -.34938136000000 31.649721000000
EPOCH = 790427. 000000. 790305.50 801113.00
X = -594690550.00000 2.2995925000000 2.4797878000000
112.91297000000 -1.4653418000000 19.428890000000
EPOCH = 860101. 000000. 801113.00 400101.00
X = -481798358.37623 3.7255852235524 35.800581208995
178.35535451791 -21.747693813950 376.10739052174
MISS PIONEER VENUS ORB
EPOCH = 780525. 000000. 780525.00 781204.00
X = 133860303.64670 .19777880778602 1.6291978578776
62.751439438768 40.082481723735 123.36146569203
EPOCH = 781212. 000000. 781204.00 991231.00
X = 108208836.00000 6.782780000000e-03 3.3938791000000
76.149233000000 54.722669000000 -30.775501000000
MISS ULYSSES L901006 U910405
EPOCH = 901016., 193819. 901006.82 920208.50
X = 1345106000.0000 .88916576000000 1.9907187999999
12.859090000000 7.7259532000000 .15510759374744
EPOCH = 950313. 162436. 920208.50 010101.00
X = 504852620.00000 .60261730000000 79.109898000000
-22.517214000000 -1.0860070000000 0.0000000000000
MISS GIOTTO L850702 U860430
EPOCH = 850715. 000000. 850702.00 860403.00
X = 131636919.00000 .17838033200000 2.1009289700000
-79.121375800000 -155.17088300000 159.31239700000
EPOCH = 860403. 000000. 860403.00 991231.00
X = 132601205.27451 .17334044665385 2.0901464093200
-79.529299950399 -153.02367855837 109.77212507077
MISS MAGELLAN L890428 U890110
EPOCH = 890428. 023100. 890428.10 900810.70
X = 128329537.00000 .18140600000000 .65100000000000
37.554000000000 13.665000000000 160.25500000000
EPOCH = 900810. 170000. 900810.70 991231.00
X = 108208880.00000 6.777508923756e-03 3.3937758306430
76.116820398943 54.754760854191 -46.166672276174
MISS MAGELLAN POST LAUNCH L890505 U900627
EPOCH = 890515. 003346. 890515.02 891108.51
X = 127931779.88675 .18267453048558 .78082747113726
43.810601759410 9.1099778762355 179.66464902962
EPOCH = 891108. 121500. 891108.51 900810.71
X = 128266455.28319 .17936624210624 .76305643476357
43.288650001047 9.5373503252483 40.084853399781
EPOCH = 900810. 170000. 900810.71 91231.00
X = 108208880.00000 6.777508923756e-03 3.3937758306430
76.116820398943 54.754760854191 -46.166672276174
MISS GALILEO GASPRA+IDA (POST LAUNCH) L891018 U891205
EPOCH = 891109. 163056. 891109.69 900210.26
X = 124513960.20609 .19785038496477 4.3224129661050
24.682768819494 -175.31204518417 -158.24056295501
EPOCH = 900214. 210738. 900210.26 900430.00
X = 148461776.15453 .29610872880004 3.3801707636090
75.895790033607 107.03451411244 -10.525673636113
EPOCH = 900430. 000000. 900430.00 901208.83
X = 147857742.55047 .29471015376794 3.3910232321191
75.981792071833 106.46518896491 63.989012108436
EPOCH = 901212. 003806. 901208.83 910910.50
X = 237895738.39641 .43117736888189 4.5407707472144
-104.17102760053 -136.77383849599 -14.831280314159
EPOCH = 910910. 120000. 910910.50 920804.50
X = 237449984.02897 .43032426458684 4.5389463793297
-104.17622352087 -136.80542550327 119.41329111640
EPOCH = 920804. 120000. 920804.50 921208.61
X = 237828012.89361 .42965491399135 4.5350777300542
-103.85461105599 -137.32025348449 -78.270642666551
EPOCH = 921211. 200820. 921208.61 930303.50
X = 470395118.20363 .68755509612607 1.5233717279903
-104.10921239361 -173.49070520855 -.26675639022560
EPOCH = 930303. 120000. 930303.50 930904.70
X = 468181990.80127 .68607004773409 1.5210928830982
-104.13447499875 -173.47096271710 14.270068408650
EPOCH = 930904. 164800. 930904.70 951207.92
X = 470163758.25340 .68548008095766 1.5169333562258
-104.01175597414 -173.29147237469 46.952805659319
EPOCH = 951207. 220345. 951207.92 001231.00
X = 778328370.00000 48.4939894902e-03 1.3049847109083
100.02030209259 -86.558268859951 -103.35737895944
-end-
Frank O'Donnell
[email protected]
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 740.1 | Pointers? | SKIVT::HEARN | Time will tell... | Wed Sep 18 1991 16:26 | 9 |
Can anyone provide a pointer to, or perhaps, an explaination
of the NORAD 3 line element set - how does one go from the
current NASA 2 line to NORAD 3 line format?
Any documentation or pointers cheerfully accepted... :^)
Tnx,
Rich
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| 740.2 | Oldest craft in space | NOMORE::KLAES | No Guts, No Galaxy | Mon Aug 08 1994 18:13 | 128 |
Article: 2829 From: [email protected] (thomas hancock) Newsgroups: sci.space.tech Subject: Oldest stuff in space Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 18:29:22 GMT Organization: NASA/MSFC The following is a short list of the oldest stuff in orbit. 1958-1964 Launched in 1958 Vanguard 1 Launched in 1959 Vangruad 2 Vanguard 3 Explorer 7 Luna 1 Pioneer 4 Launched in 1960 Pioneer 5 Tiros 1 Transit 2A GREB Courier 1B Explorer 8 Launched 1961 Midas 4 Transit 4B Traac Venera 1 Tiros 8 Launched in 1964 Gravity Gradient 1 Secor (EGRS) 1 Solrad 7A GREB Relay 2 Elektron 1 Elektron 2 Zond 1 Elektron 3 Syncom 3 Cosmos 41 Explorer 20 Cosmos 44 OGO 1 NNSS 30010 Explorer 22 Mariner 3 (solar orbit) Explorer 25 Mariner 4 (sloar orbit) Zond 2 NNSS 30020 Explorer 26 BTW All space junk remains the property the nation that launched it. Cheers [email protected] Article: 2837 From: [email protected] (mark chartrand) Newsgroups: sci.space.tech Subject: Re: Oldest Artificial Satellite In Orbit Date: 4 Aug 1994 17:11:26 -0400 Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA In article <[email protected]>, Thomas Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: >I was thinking about space antiques the other day. >Could a space junk dealer make money by retreiving >old satellites to use as objet d'art in expensive homes? >Considering what some old baseball cards go for ... > >At any rate, does anyone know what the oldest artificial >satellite still in orbit is? > >I recall that Vanguard I was pretty high. >Any Explorers high enough to still be up? >I think Sputniks were pretty low. > >Tom Clarke The oldest still-orbiting objects are Vanguard 1 (1958 beta-2) and the Vanguard 1 rocket (1958 beta-1), launched 1958 March 17.51. Interestingly, the rocket is expected to remain in orbit 400 years, the satellite only 300 years. The next oldest objects are the satellite and rocket Vanguard 2 (1959 alpha-1 and alpha-2) launched 1959 February 17.67. All the early Explorers came down within a year or so of launch. The third oldest object seems to be Tiros 1 (1960 beta-2) with an estimated life of 60 years. [All information from R.A.E. Table of Earth Satellites 1957-1982.] -- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Mark R. Chartrand | All politicians are liars and crooks. DIDACTECH | If this is not 100% accurate, it is [email protected] | close enough for government work. Article: 2844 From: [email protected] (Allen Thomson) Newsgroups: sci.space.tech Subject: Re: Oldest Artificial Satellite In Orbit Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 01:44:29 GMT Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Thomas Clarke) writes: [snip] >At any rate, does anyone know what the oldest artificial >satellite still in orbit is? > >I recall that Vanguard I was pretty high. >Any Explorers high enough to still be up? >I think Sputniks were pretty low. Vanguard 1, NORAD 00005, is indeed the oldest survivor; there are several Explorers in high orbit. No sputniki that I know of. | |||||