FUSE Orbital Elements

 
FUSE orbital elements:
     NORAD number       25791
     International ID  99035A
 
     Epoch           09135.14450473
     Semimajor axis   7135.24 km
     Apogee            764.45 km
     Perigee           749.84 km
     Eccentricity   0.0010239
     Inclination        24.99 degrees
     Period             99.97 minutes
     RA of asc. node   170.48 degrees
     Arg. of perigee   283.93 degrees
     Mean anomaly       76.01 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,

Last changed: May 16, 2009.

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