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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 Yebes (Spain)

Site ID: YEBES___
Offset applied to all times: -12.87 seconds
Rise Peak Set Cpr silent start Cpr silent stop
Time 2025-01-07 23:58:05 2025-01-07 23:59:05 2025-01-08 00:00:06
Latitude 44.09553 47.95421 51.80018 None None
Longitude 23.35675 22.11939 20.72381 None None
Altitude 402.0 402.81 403.63 None None
Distance 2206.28 2164.01 2209.48 None None
Azimuth 70.88 59.16 47.46 None None
Elevation 0.0 0.4 0.0 None None

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

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