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EarthCARE Radio astronomy Sites overpasses

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Output Description

Time Date/Time UTC YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
Latitude Latitude of spacecraft ground track (-90.0, +90.0)
Longitude Longitude of spacecraft ground track (-180.0, +180.0)
Altitude Spacecraft altitude (km)
Distance Distance (km) between the spacecraft ground track and the ground site location
Azimuth Azimuth (direction from North observer must face) to the Spacecraft
Elevation Spacecraft's elevation angle above the horizon at rise (0.0), peak, and set (0.0) times
CPR Silent start/stop times indicate that the CPR is set to non-emitting mode during this time interval.

Details for fly over pass Taejon (Korea)

Site ID: TAEJON__
Offset applied to all times: 2.22 seconds
Rise Peak Set Cpr silent start Cpr silent stop
Time 2024-11-08 17:05:13 2024-11-08 17:10:16 2024-11-08 17:15:18 2024-11-08 17:10:01 2024-11-08 17:10:24
Latitude 16.96505 36.47598 55.79028 35.56429 37.04359
Longitude 131.56735 127.268 120.84925 127.49763 127.12295
Altitude 398.31 400.51 404.46 400.35 400.62
Distance 2192.75 12.67 2211.32 93.24 74.97
Azimuth 168.02 312.87 349.14 172.97 342.84
Elevation 0.0 88.07 0.0 76.07 78.73

Offset applied to original time: When filled, indicates that the UTC time have been refined with more accurate orbit prediction.

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