General Question Positioning vessels/satellites in earth orbit!

[Apollofan]

Hi guys,

I've got a general question about the Thread title:

What I want to do for example, is:

STS-32 - Retrieval of the LDEF.

My problem here is, that the LDEF's orbit is with 578km much too high as it was in reality. So, i want to change the orbital height and if possible the inclination and position of the orbital flight path to the historical datas.

LDEF data in .scn-file:

LDEF:LDEF
STATUS Orbiting Earth
RPOS 6686165.05 610751.34 -1784631.36
RVEL 1732.859 -5871.797 4467.031
AROT 96.69 -74.93 -5.17
NAVFREQ 0 0

If I just change some data here, the whole flight path, height and velocity is completely messed up!

So, is there a tool somewhere, which could help me out in an easy way with my needs here?

I hope you guys can help!!

 

[ar81]

See [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2735"]Tutorial: How to make scenarios for Orbiter v1.5[/ame]

 

[David413]

As an alternative, you could use the Scenario Editor that comes with the latest version of Orbiter. There should be a pdf file in your "Docs" folder that explains how to use the Scenario Editor and it should do the trick.

Dave

 

[C3PO]

If you want the exact orbit(s), I've managed to find a TLE archive.
http://www.planet4589.org/space/elements/14800/S14898

You can import the data with this.


-----Post Added-----


This should be the actual orbit.

Replace these sections in the original LDEF Retrieval scenario.

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System Sol
  Date MJD 47900.5000958438
END_ENVIRONMENT

LDEF:LDEF
  STATUS Orbiting Earth
  RPOS -218676.35 -4814408.59 4678134.14
  RVEL -7349.177 1776.138 1480.919
  AROT -16.97 38.02 -92.25
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  XPDR 470
END

Launch is at 12:35 UTC.

 

[Apollofan]

Thanks for helping out, Guys!

I'll try out all of the 3 suggestions!