Virgin Orbit LauncherOne - ELaNa 20 - 2021-01-17

Finally got state vectors for our deployment:

Time at Payload Separation 6 [sec]
Name of Payload PolarCube
January 17, 2021 20:31:30.184

Deployment Position 6 ECI X [ft]
19299362.00
Deployment Position 6 ECI Y [ft]
6744400.50
Deployment Position 6 ECI Z [ft]
-9560183.00

Deployment 6 Velocity ECI X [ft/sec]
3963.72
Deployment 6 Velocity ECI Y [ft/sec]
15688.10
Deployment 6 Velocity ECI Z [ft/sec]
19038.39

Deployment 6 Position ECI X [m]
5882445.54
Deployment 6 Position ECI Y [m]
2055693.27
Deployment 6 Position ECI Z [m]
-2913943.78

Deployment 6 Velocity ECI X [m/sec]
1208.14
Deployment 6 Velocity ECI Y [m/sec]
4781.73
Deployment 6 Velocity ECI Z [m/sec]
5802.90

Deployment 6 Position ECEF X [ft]
11977781.31
Deployment 6 Position ECEF Y [ft]
16567590.85
Deployment 6 Position ECEF Z [ft]
-9560183.00

Deployment 6 Velocity ECEF X [ft/sec]
-4509.45
Deployment 6 Velocity ECEF Y [ft/sec]
14263.83
Deployment 6 Velocity ECEF Z [ft/sec]
19038.39

Deployment 6 Position ECEF X [m]
3650827.74
Deployment 6 Position ECEF Y [m]
5049801.69
Deployment 6 Position ECEF Z [m]
-2913943.78

Deployment 6 Velocity ECEF X [m/sec]
-1374.48
Deployment 6 Velocity ECEF Y [m/sec]
4347.62
Deployment 6 Velocity ECEF Z [m/sec]
5802.90

Apogee 6 [km]
514

Perigee 6 [km]
500

Inclination 6 [deg]
60.69

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