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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 Ulsan (Korea)

Site ID: ULSAN___
Offset applied to all times: -3.73 seconds
Rise Peak Set Cpr silent start Cpr silent stop
Time 2025-05-20 16:54:23 2025-05-20 16:59:25 2025-05-20 17:04:27 2025-05-20 16:59:11 2025-05-20 16:59:34
Latitude 16.13687 35.64597 54.96598 34.70821 36.18804
Longitude 133.57755 129.31822 123.05078 129.55104 129.18176
Altitude 398.31 400.39 404.31 400.23 400.49
Distance 2192.6 12.99 2210.73 96.51 71.9
Azimuth 167.58 27.89 349.46 163.46 355.02
Elevation 0.0 88.02 0.0 75.59 79.18

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

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