Find state vector of satellite at central observation time

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A tracking station at latitude -200 and elevation 500 m makes the following observations of a satellite at the given times.

Time (min)	Local Sidereal Time (0)	Azimuth (0)	Elevation Angle (0)	Range (km)
0	60.0	165.931	9.53549	1214.89
2	60.5014	145.967	45.7711	421.441
4	61.0027	2.40962	21.8825	732.079

Use the Gibbs method to calculate the state vector of the satellite at the central observation time.

Reference no: EM131013471

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