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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1993 17:07:36 GMT
From: ABFHB@STDVAX.GSFC.NASA.GOV
Message-ID: <$sts-58.002@ampr.org>
Subject: STS-58 SAREX Mission Lifts Off
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SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-58.002
STS-58 SAREX Mission Lifts Off

The STS-58 mission commenced today with a spectacular liftoff amid sunny 
skies at the Kennedy Space Center.  Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia 
was 10 seconds late due to an intruding aircraft in the expected Shuttle 
flight path.  As a result, liftoff occurred at 14:53:10 UTC.  The primary 
objective of this 14 day, high inclination (39 degrees) flight is to perform 
human and animal life science experiments as part of the Spacelab Life 
Sciences-2 (SLS-2) payload.  Also on board is the Shuttle Amateur Radio 
Experiment (SAREX).  

The following represents the latest Keplerian Element set as generated by 
Gil Carman, WA5NOM, of the Johnson Space Center. 

STS-58
1 00058U          93291.67759365  .00119475  00000-0  26040-3 0    88
2 00058  39.0114 128.6506 0007676 272.4217  87.5676 15.96123499    22

Satellite: STS-58
Catalog number: 00058
Epoch time:      93291.67759365   =    (18 OCT 93   16:15:44.09 UTC)
Element set:     008
Inclination:       39.0114 deg
RA of node:       128.6506 deg           Space Shuttle Flight STS-58
Eccentricity:     .0007676              Prelaunch Element set JSC-008
Arg of perigee:   272.4217 deg         Launch:  18 OCT 93  14:53:10 UTC
Mean anomaly:      87.5676 deg
Mean motion:   15.96123499 rev/day           Gil Carman, WA5NOM
Decay rate:    1.19475e-03 rev/day^2      NASA Johnson Space Center
Epoch rev:               2
Checksum:              327

Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group

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