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MAGSAT CONDENSED ORBIT (MAGCO)


COLUMNS       FMT           DESCRIPTION
  1-  4       I*4           ZERO FILL
  5-  8       I*4           MODIFIED JULIAN DAY OF FIRST DATA VALUE
  9- 12       I*4           MILLISECONDS OF DAY OF FIRST DATA VALUE
 13- 16       R*4           TIME INCREMENT BETWEEN OBSERVATIONS (MSEC)
 17- 20       R*4           REFERENCE TIME OF COORDINATE SYSTEM FOR GHA
 21- 24       R*4           GREENWICH HOUR ANGLE (GHA) AT EPOCH (Radians)
25-536        (128)R*4      POSITION VECTOR X (KM)
537-1048      (128)R*4      POSITION VECTOR Y (KM)
1049-1560     (128)R*4      POSITION VECTOR Z (KM)
1561-2072     (128)R*4      INVARIANT LATITUDE (deg)
2073-2584     (128)R*4      GEOMAGNETIC TIME (Hours)
2585-3096     (128)R*4      DIP LATITUDE (deg)


Joy Conrad
Thu Mar 13 12:14:17 EST 1997