Problem with real shuttle TLE

[Gwilbor]

I'm trying to put this TLE into orbiter.

1 00124U 08152.93257041 .00020000 00000-0 70000-3 0 9008
2 00124 51.6374 100.2214 0400962 169.0036 192.0347 18.12682533 28

The TLE is taken from this page, is the predicted coasting arc #1 of the STS-124:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdat...tions/Post/JavaSSOP/orbit/SHUTTLE/SVPOST.html

The eq_to_ecl program translates it (correctly, i presume) as:

ELEMENTS 6121459.40728529 0.04009620 59.06898251 115.89604447 257.73415553 89.76885553 54617.93257041

But when i load the scenario orbiter puts the shuttle in a completely different orbit. (i've included the scenario as an attachment)

As a workaround i've tried to write the ecliptical element using the Scenario Editor, but it seems the editor doesn't accept an eccentricity of 0.04.

Can someone explain me what's wrong?

 

[Urwumpe]

http://djbarney.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/match-your-orbiter-sim-live-to-the-shuttle-sts-118-mission/

Make it according to this... don't forget converting the time correctly

 

[Gwilbor]

I already did it, and in fact it seems to work with all others TLEs. It's just the first "segment" of trajectory that Orbiter seems to refuse.

Thanks anyway for the link, i hope djbarney will write something to automatically update the scenario file!

 

[Gwilbor]

After some study, it seems that the problem is in the TLE (it puts the shuttle below the surface) and not in Orbiter. Thanks anyway for the help!