"Mir" "Sol/Earth"
{
	Class "spacecraft"
	Mesh "mir.3ds"
	Radius 0.0165      # Mir is 33 meters long
	Beginning	  2446482.0     # Launched 20 Feb 1986
	Ending            2451989.77083 # Reentered 21 Mar 2001

	# Assuming these elements to be constant isn't accurate . . .
	# Celestia really needs to support better orbit models.
	EllipticalOrbit {
		Period            0.06415338
		SemiMajorAxis  6769
		Eccentricity      0.0000831
		Inclination      51.6461
		AscendingNode    83.8459
		ArgOfPericenter 296.4901
		MeanAnomaly      63.6005
	}

	Obliquity             51.6461
	RotationOffset       180
	EquatorAscendingNode  83.8459

	Albedo 	      0.10
}

"ISS" "Sol/Earth"
{
	Class "spacecraft"
	Mesh "iss.3ds"
	Radius 0.040
	Beginning           2451138    # Zarya module launched 20 Nov 1998
	# Ending ????

	EllipticalOrbit {
		Period          0.064176392
		SemiMajorAxis   6767
		Eccentricity    0.0016886
		Inclination      51.5684
		AscendingNode   343.1518
		ArgOfPericenter 346.2476
		MeanAnomaly      13.8216
		Epoch           2452028.18381755
	}

	Obliquity 51.5684 	      #
	RotationOffset 90  	      #orientation corrections by Matt McIrvin
	EquatorAscendingNode 343.1518 #

	Albedo        0.10
}

"Hubble" "Sol/Earth"
{
	Class "spacecraft"
	Mesh "hubble.3ds"
	Radius 0.007                  # 14 meters across
	Beginning         2448007     # Deployed 25 April 1990
	# Ending 2010?

	EllipticalOrbit {
		Period          0.06903
		SemiMajorAxis   6767
		Eccentricity    0.0012082
		Inclination      28.4675
		AscendingNode    51.0100
		ArgOfPericenter  27.0378
		MeanAnomaly     333.0836
		Epoch           2452028.18381755
	}

	Albedo       0.10
}

"Galileo" "Sol"
{
	Class "spacecraft"
	Mesh "galileo.3ds"
	Radius   0.01

	InfoURL "http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov"

	Beginning "1989 10 19 02:47"   # Launch
	Ending    "2003  9 21 10:44"   # Crash into Jupiter

	SampledOrbit "galileo.xyz"
	EllipticalOrbit
	{
	Period        64.4068
	SemiMajorAxis  4632880
	Eccentricity   0.831774
	Inclination    4.213
	AscendingNode  59.562
	ArgOfPericenter 97.224
	TrueAnomaly    -66.619
	}

	RotationPeriod    1.0e9  # Essentially no rotation . . .
	Orientation     [ 90 0 1 0 ]

	Albedo         0.50
}

"Cassini" "Sol" 
{
	Class "spacecraft"
	Mesh "cassini.3ds"
	Radius 0.011

	InfoURL "http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm"

	Beginning 2450736.893877314 # 1997 Oct 15 09:27:11

	SampledOrbit	"cassini.xyz"

	RotationPeriod 1e9
}


"Huygens (with Cassini)" "Sol/Cassini" 
{
	Class "spacecraft"
	Mesh "huygens.3ds"
	Radius 0.00135
	
	InfoURL "http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm"

	Beginning 2450736.893877314 # 1997 Oct 15 09:27:11
	Ending    2453364.5847      # 2004 Dec 25 02:01:58

	EllipticalOrbit {
		SemiMajorAxis 0.0013
		Period 1e9
		Inclination 5
		AscendingNode 270
		MeanAnomaly 270
	}
}

"Huygens (free flight)" "Sol" 
{
	Class "spacecraft"
	Mesh "huygens.3ds"
	Radius 0.00135

	InfoURL "http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm"

	Beginning 2453364.5847 # 2004 Dec 25 02:01:58
	Ending    2453384.8750 # 2005 Jan 14 09:00:00

	SampledOrbit "huygens.xyz"

	Orientation [ 90 0 0 1 ]
	Obliquity 70
	RotationPeriod 0.01
}
