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):    12/286 06:00:00.000
SEMI-MAJOR (KM):                    42168.21876
ECCENTRICITY:                       0.000175
INCLINATION (DEG):                  0.126339
ASCENDING NODE (DEG):               121.646997
ARG. OF PERIGEE (DEG):              30.512372
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 243.928317
APOGEE HT (KM):                     35797.44440
PERIGEE HT (KM):                    35782.71311

LONGITUDE (DEG WEST):               75.151
LONGITUDE DRIFT RATE (DEG/DAY):     0.036000 WEST

S/C TOTAL MASS (KG):                1952.637