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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: 2.69 seconds
Rise Peak Set Cpr silent start Cpr silent stop
Time 2025-01-18 13:16:38 2025-01-18 13:20:13 2025-01-18 13:23:48
Latitude 52.90439 39.1617 25.3105 None None
Longitude 19.80218 15.32458 12.03388 None None
Altitude 403.86 401.02 398.9 None None
Distance 2209.88 1580.38 2195.0 None None
Azimuth 43.81 89.51 135.62 None None
Elevation 0.0 6.63 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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