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Report Style: Lifetime

Orbit information produced using the Lifetime Tool. Each grid point represents one calculation, where the number of orbits per calculation is set by the lifetime tool settings.

Data Provider:Lifetime

Type: Time-varying data. Intended to be used only with elements from this same data provider.

Availability: Reports

Column Listing

Column	Column Name	Element	Type	Dimension	Description
1	Time	Time	Real Number or Text	Date	Time.
2	Semi-parameter	Semi-parameter	Real Number	Distance	The semi-latus rectum, often designated by the letter p, related to the semimajor axis a and eccentricity e by p = a*(1-e^2).
3	Semi-major Axis	Semi-major Axis	Real Number	Distance	A measure of the size of the orbit. Orbits with eccentricity <1 are ellipses, with major and minor axes identifying the symmetry axes of the ellipse, the major axis being the longer one. The value is half the length of the major axis.
4	Eccentricity	Eccentricity	Real Number	Unitless	A measure of the shape of the orbit. Values <1 indicate an ellipse (where zero is a circular orbit) and values >1 indicate a hyperbola.
5	Inclination	Inclination	Real Number or Text	Angle	The angle between the orbit plane and the XY plane of the coordinate system.
6	Arg of Perigee	Arg of Perigee	Real Number or Text	Angle	The angle from the ascending node to the periapsis vector measured in the orbit plane in the direction of the object's motion. The periapsis vector locates the closest point of the orbit. For a circular orbit, the value is defined to be zero (i.e., periapsis at the ascending node).
7	RAAN	RAAN	Real Number or Text	Angle	The angle in the XY plane from the X axis to the ascending node, measured in a right-handed sense about the Z axis. in the equatorial plane. For equatorial orbits, the ascending node is defined to be directed along the positive X axis, and thus the value is 0.0.
8	Height of Apogee	Height of Apogee	Real Number	Distance	The difference between the apogee radius and the equatorial radius of the vehicle's central body (an approximation for the altitude).
9	Height of Perigee	Height of Perigee	Real Number	Distance	The difference between the perigee radius and the equatorial radius of the vehicle's central body (an approximation for the altitude).
10	Sidereal Period	Sidereal Period	Real Number	Time	The period of the orbit, computed using the two-body formula involving the semimajor axis and the gravitational constant of the vehicle's central body.
11	Orbit Count	Orbit Count	Integer	Unitless	The current orbit count.