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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: 26.10 seconds
Rise Peak Set Cpr silent start Cpr silent stop
Time 2024-08-05 14:32:46 2024-08-05 14:37:50 2024-08-05 14:42:54 2024-08-05 14:37:38 2024-08-05 14:38:01
Latitude 59.90814 40.58395 21.01497 41.35245 39.87765
Longitude 4.59785 -2.8138 -7.38758 -2.59871 -3.00811
Altitude 408.86 404.85 402.08 405.0 404.71
Distance 2221.29 24.27 2201.01 100.84 72.12
Azimuth 11.36 74.03 191.94 24.03 174.47
Elevation 0.0 86.34 0.0 75.11 79.23

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

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