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DMSP EPHEMERIS (DMSPE)


COLUMNS         FMT             DESCRIPTION
  1-  3         I3              MONTH
  4-  6         I3              DAY
  7-  9         I3              YEAR
 10- 13         I4              HOUR
 14- 16         I3              MINUTE
 17- 19         I3              SECOND
 20- 26         I7              REVOLUTION NUMBER MEASURED FROM ASCENDING NODE
 27- 35         F9.3            GEODETIC LATITUDE (deg)
 36- 44         F9.3            EAST LONGITUDE (deg)
 45- 55         F11.3           HEIGHT ABOVE THE REFERENCE ELLIPSOID (KM)
 56- 65         F10.2           SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE AT THE SATELLITE
                                       (EARTH CENTER IS AT THE NADIR)
 66- 72         F7.1            ELEVATION OF THE SUN ABOVE EARTH'S HORIZON,
                                       AS VIEWED FROM THE SATELLITE
 73- 79         F7.1            ELEVATION OF THE MOON ABOVE EARTH'S HORIZON,
                                       AS VIEWED FROM THE SATELLITE
 80- 87         F8.2            LOCAL TIME AT THE SUB-SATELLITE POINT
 88- 95         F8.2T           GEOMAGNETIC LATITUDE - DIPOLE GEOMAGNETIC
                                    COORDINATES, BASED UPON THE IGRF 1985 MODEL
 96-103         F8.2            GEOMAGNETIC LONGITUDE (EAST)
104-110         F7.2            GEOMAGNETIC LOCAL TIME
111-119         F9.3            GEOCENTRIC LATITUDE


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