FROM: SOCC, SUITLAND, MD
TO
GUNV
GOPS
GODF
GAQD
GNTP
GPHY
GPOB/D. SCHUMACHER
GCEN/RHCUAAA/USAFETAC SCOTT AFB//ECA//
GCEN/RUCEAAA/1CACS A AND P CHEYENNE MTN AS CO
GCEN/RUWOMSB/MILLSTONE HILL WESTFORD MA ATTN SCHRIDHARAN
GCEN/RUEOFFA/AFGL HANSCOM AFB MA/LY-KLEEPSIES/LCY-ROBINSON
GCEN/RULSLAJ/NAVSPOC/DAHLGREN, VA
FDFCOM/O. CUEVAS CODE 553.1/COMPUT/B. SPERLING, A. NICHOLSON CODE
553.1/CSC
JOCC/OPS CHIEF

SUBJECT: GOES-13 ORBITAL ELEMENTS

THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS AS PROVIDED BY SOCC NAVIGATION.
EPOCH (YY/DDD HH:MM:SS.SSS GMT):    13/228  6:00:00.000
SEMI-MAJOR (KM):                    42166.55637
ECCENTRICITY:                       0.000341
INCLINATION (DEG):                  0.031864
ASCENDING NODE (DEG):               242.210419
ARG. OF PERIGEE (DEG):              227.263512
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 230.558756
APOGEE HT (KM):                     35802.77815
PERIGEE HT (KM):                    35774.05459

LONGITUDE (DEG WEST):               74.796
LONGITUDE DRIFT RATE (DEG/DAY):     0.0199000 WEST

S/C TOTAL MASS (KG):                1913.690