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WTD: Orbital analysis with IDL
- Subject: WTD: Orbital analysis with IDL
- From: Randall Skelton <rhskelto(at)atm.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 10:29:04 +0100
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
- Organization: Oxford University, England
- Xref: news.doit.wisc.edu comp.lang.idl-pvwave:24966
Hi all,
I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have IDL routines for
calculating and plotting satellite orbits from state vector data (i.e.
the space shuttle). I have measurements made on the shuttle which are
accurately time stamped, and I have the orbit parameters below... If no
one has code, can anyone recommend a good book on orbital mechanics?
Cheers,
Randall
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STS-45
1 21915U 92 15 A 92 92.51739928 .00256000 00000-0 65900-3 0 156
2 21915 56.9969 243.7362 0006513 335.5347 24.5445 15.94771428 1289
Satellite: STS-45
Catalog number: 21915
Epoch time: 92092.51739928 -----> (01 APR 92 12:25:03.29 UTC)
Element set: JSC-015
Inclination: 56.9969 deg
RA of node: 243.7362 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-45
Eccentricity: .0006513 SGP4 Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 335.5347 deg from NASA flight Day 9 vector
Mean anomaly: 24.5445 deg
Mean motion: 15.94771428 rev/day W5RRR
Decay rate: 2.56000e-03 rev/day-2 NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev: 128