BINARY FIT DATA ``STANDARD" FORMAT (FITS)

 
Common satellite format from the old FIT modeling program
COLUMNS         FMT             DESCRIPTION
  1-  4         I*4             MODIFIED JULIAN DAY (MJD)
  5-  8         I*4             MILLISECOND OF DAY
  9- 12         R*4             NOT USED
 13- 16         R*4             NOT USED
 17- 20         R*4             TIME IN YEARS FROM 1900
 21- 24         R*4             GEOCENTRIC LATITUDE
 25- 28         R*4             LONGITUDE
 29- 32         R*4             NOT USED
 33- 36         R*4             NOT USED
 37- 40         R*4             NOT USED
***IF DATA ARE IN GEOCENTRIC COORDINATES, DATA PTS 11-13 ARE***
 41- 44         R*4             NORTH COMPONENT (-Btheta or Satellite X-Axis)
 45- 48         R*4             EAST COMPONENT (Bphi or Satellite Y-Axis)
 49- 52         R*4             SATELLITE Z AXIS COMPONENT (along-track)
***IF DATA ARE IN SPACECRAFT COORDINATES, DATA PTS 11-13 ARE***
 41- 44         R*4             CROSS TRACK COMPONENT
 45- 48         R*4             RADIALLY DOWN COMPONENT
 49- 52         R*4             ALONG TRACK COMPONENT
 53- 56         R*4             SCALAR TOTAL INTENSITY
 57- 60         I*4             GEOCENTRIC ALTITUDE (Meters) ABOVE EARTH
 61- 64         R*4             NOT USED
 65- 68         R*4             NOT USED
 69- 72         I*4             USED ONLY FOR DSMP (DATA QUALITY)
                                         0= DATA IS ADEQUATE QUALITY
                                         1= RESIDUAL FROM FILED MODEL EXCEEDS LIMIT
                                         2= PADDED TIME GAP VALUE
                                         3= OUTLIER FROM B-SPLINE FUNCTION
                                         4= OUTLIER FROM FOURIER FUNCTION
                                         6= LATITUDE OF DATA EXCEEDS LIMIT
                                         7= DIRECTION OF SATELLITE INDETERMINABLE
 73- 76         I*4             =0
 77- 80         I*4             =0, EXCEPT FOR DSMP WHERE IT INDICATES SATELLITE
 81- 84         I*4             =0
 85- 88         I*4             MAG. LATITUDE OUTLIER FLAG FOR X AXIS
 89- 92         I*4             MAG. LATITUDE OUTLIER FLAG FOR Y AXIS
 93- 96         I*4             MAG. LATITUDE OUTLIER FLAG FOR Z AXIS
 97-100         I*4             MAG. LATITUDE OUTLIER FLAG FOR TOTAL INTENSITY
101-104         I*4             NOT USED
105-108         R*4             NOT USED
109-112         R*4             NOT USED