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MAGSAT CHRONFIN (CHRON)


COLUMNS         FMT             DESCRIPTION
ORBIT DATA:
  1-  1         I*1             DATA TYPE
                                         0= ORBIT DATA
                                         1= SCALAR DATA
                                         2= VECTOR DATA A SENSOR PLATFORM COORD
                                         3= VECTOR DATA B SENSOR PLATFORM COORD
                                         4= VECTOR DATA C SENSOR PLATFORM COORD
                                         5= VECTOR DATA X NEV COORDINATES GENERATED
                                             FROM INTERMEDIATE ATTITUDE DATA
                                         6= VECTOR DATA Y NEV COORDINATES GENERATED
                                             FROM INTERMEDIATE ATTITUDE DATA
                                         7= VECTOR DATA Z NEV COORDINATES GENERATED
                                             FROM INTERMEDIATE ATTITUDE DATA
                                         8= VECTOR DATA X NEV COORDINATES GENERATED
                                             FROM FINE ATTITUDE DATA
                                         9= VECTOR DATA Y NEV COORDINATES GENERATED
                                             FROM FINE ATTITUDE DATA
                                         10= VECTOR DATA Z NEV COORDINATES GENERATED
                                             FROM FINE ATTITUDE DATA
                                         16= ATTITUDE QUALITY
  2-  2         I*1             DATA TYPE OF NEXT RECORD
  3-  4         I*2             SPARE
  5-  8         I*4             MODIFIED JULIAN DAY OF FIRST OBSERVATION
  9- 12         I*4             MILLISECONDS OF DAY FOR FIRST OBSERVATION (MSEC)
 13- 16         I*4             TIME INCREMENT BETWEEN OBSERVATIONS (MSEC)
 17- 20         R*4             REFERENCE TIME OF COORDINATE SYSTEM (EPOCH) FOR GHA
 21- 24         R*4             GREENWICH HOUR ANGLE (GHA) AT EPOCH (Radians)
25-536          (128)R*4        X INERTIAL COORDINATE (KM)
537-1048        (128)R*4        Y INERTIAL COORDINATE (KM)
1049-1560       (128)R*4        Z INERTIAL COORDINATE (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)
SCALAR DATA:
  1-  1         I*1             DATA TYPE
  2-  2         I*1             DATA TYPE OF NEXT RECORD
  3-  4         I*2             SPACECRAFT STATUS (ABCDE)
                                         A=1, CALIBRATION ON
                                         B=1, ELECTRONIC FLIP ON
                                         C=1, X-COIL ON
                                         D=1, Y-COIL ON
                                         E=1, Z-COIL ON
  5-  8         I*4             MODIFIED JULIAN DAY OF FIRST OBSERVATION
  9- 12         I*4             MILLISECONDS OF DAY FOR FIRST OBSERVATION (MSEC)
 13- 16         R*4             TIME INCREMENT BETWEEN OBSERVATIONS (MSEC)
 17- 20         R*4             TIME OFFSET (MS-CORRECTION TO MEASUREMENT TIME)
 21- 24         I*4             SPARE
 25-2072        (512)R*4        SCALAR OBSERVATIONS (Gammas)
2073-2074       I*2             SPARE
VECTOR DATA SENSOR PLATFORM COORDINATES:
  1-  1         I*1             DATA TYPE
  2-  2         I*1             DATA TYPE OF NEXT RECORD
  3-  4         I*2             SPACECRAFT STATUS (ABCDE)
  5-  8         I*4             MODIFIED JULIAN DAY OF FIRST OBSERVATION
  9- 12         I*4             MILLISECONDS OF DAY FOR FIRST OBSERVATION (MSEC)
 13- 16         R*4             TIME INCREMENT BETWEEN OBSERVATIONS (MSEC)
 17- 20         R*4             TIME OFFSET (MS-CORRECTION TO MEASUREMENT TIME)
 21- 24         I*4             SPARE
25-2072         1024(I*2)       FINE COUNTS (pad=9999)
2073-3096       1024(L*1)       COARSE COUNTS (pad=255)
3097-3098       I*2             SPARE
VECTOR DATA NEV COORDINATES:
  1-  1         I*1             DATA TYPE
  2-  2         I*1             DATA TYPE OF NEXT RECORD
  3-  4         I*2             SPACECRAFT STATUS (ABCDE)
  5-  8         I*4             MODIFIED JULIAN DAY OF FIRST OBSERVATION
  9- 12         I*4             MILLISECONDS OF DAY FOR FIRST OBSERVATION (MSEC)
 13- 16         R*4             TIME INCREMENT BETWEEN OBSERVATIONS (MSEC)
 17- 20         R*4             TIME OFFSET (MS-CORRECTION TO MEASUREMENT TIME)
 21- 24         I*4             SPARE
 25-4120        (1024)R*4       VECTOR COMPONENT OBSERVATIONS (Gammas, pad=99999.0)
4121-4122       I*2             SPARE
ATTITUDE QUALITY:
  1-  1         I*1             DATA TYPE
  2-  2         I*1             DATA TYPE OF NEXT RECORD
  3-  4         I*2             SPARE
  4-  8         I*4             MODIFIED JULIAN DAY OF FIRST OBSERVATION
  9- 12         I*4             MILLISECONDS OF DAY FOR FIRST OBSERVATION (MSEC)
 13- 16         R*4             TIME INCREMENT BETWEEN OBSERVATIONS (MSEC)
 17- 20         R*4             TIME OFFSET (MS-CORRECTION TO MEASUREMENT TIME)
 21- 24         I*4             SPARE
 25-536         256(I*2)        ATTITUDE PROCESSING FLAGS - SYNCHRONIZED WITH
                                    EVERY FOURTH VECTOR OBSERVATION STARTING
                                    WITH THE FIRST VECTOR RECORD
See MAGSAT ATTITUDE (MAGA) format for a listing of attitude processing flags


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