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FUSE orbital elements:
NORAD number 25791
International ID 99035A
Epoch 08206.27391282
Semimajor axis 7135.31 km
Apogee 764.53 km
Perigee 749.90 km
Eccentricity 0.0010254
Inclination 24.98 degrees
Period 99.97 minutes
RA of asc. node 178.11 degrees
Arg. of perigee 71.18 degrees
Mean anomaly 288.99 degrees
The FUSE Delta II second stage (NORAD #25792) reentered on the morning of August 4, 1999 during orbit number 708. According to predictions by Alan Pickup, reentry occured within 90 minutes of 5:31 UT, probably over the Arabian Sea or India. The final orbit was 119 x 103 km (74 x 64 mi).
These numbers assume a Keplerian orbit; the actual apogee and perigee will differ by a few km on an orbit-to-orbit basis. The NORAD Two-Line Elements (TLEs) for FUSE can be found in the file FUSE.TLE . This page is automatically updated daily. I wish to thank Doyle Groves for providing a Perl script to access the NASA Orbital Information Group web page. Ed Murphy, emurphy@pha.jhu.edu
Last changed: Jul 26, 2008.
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