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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 ALMA (Chile)

Site ID: ALMA____
Offset applied to all times: 2.36 seconds
Rise Peak Set Cpr silent start Cpr silent stop
Time 2025-06-05 19:14:28 2025-06-05 19:18:01 2025-06-05 19:21:33
Latitude -7.49856 -21.22105 -34.88442 None None
Longitude -80.37345 -83.05532 -86.10672 None None
Altitude 400.79 404.86 410.24 None None
Distance 2186.19 1590.99 2213.32 None None
Azimuth 319.86 274.3 229.5 None None
Elevation 0.0 6.47 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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