NOAA KLM User's GuideAppendix A.7 |
The following is an example of a two-line orbital element message:
NOAA 14
1 23455U 94089A 95222.82483495 .00000053 00000-0 53646-4 0
2755
2 23455 98.9047 164.9161 0010620 42.0812 318.1174 14.11526152
31526
This example has been decoded in Table A.7-1.
| NOAA-14 | Satellite name "NOAA-14" |
| 1 23455U | 1 - Message line 1 23455 - Satellite number 23455 |
| 94089A | 94 - Launch year 1994 089 - Launch number 89 A - Launch piece A (not in multiple pieces) |
| 95222.82483495 | 95 - Epoch year 1995 222.82483495 - Julian day 222 and fraction |
| .00000053 | First time derivative of the mean motion (plus sign implied) |
| 00000-0 | Second time derivative of the mean motion |
| 53646-4 | BSTAR drag term |
| 0 | Ephemeris type zero |
| 2755 | Element number 275 5 - Check sum |
| 2 23455 | 2 - Message line 2 223455 - Satellite number 23455 (repeated) |
| 98.9047 | Orbit inclination 98.9047 degrees |
| 164.9161 | Right ascension of ascending node 164.9161 degrees |
| 0010620 | Eccentricity .0010620 |
| 42.0812 | Argument of perigee 042.0812 degrees |
| 318.1174 | Mean anomaly 318.1174 degrees |
| 14.11526152 | Mean motion 14.11526152 revolutions per day |
| 31526 | 3152 - Satellite revolution 3152 at epoch 6 - Check sum |
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