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Report Style: Pass Data

A report of events during the passes of the satellite, including apoapsis, periapsis, ascending node, and descending node.

The time of ascending node occurs twice per pass for a full pass when passes are defined by ascending node. When that occurs, the reported value of the time of ascending node for a pass will be the start time of the pass. For a partial pass, the time of ascending node will occur only once, but it may occur at either the start time or the stop time of the pass. Thus, the time of ascending node for the first reported pass may exactly match the time of ascending node for the second pass if the first pass is a partial pass and passes are defined by ascending node.

Data Provider:Passes

Type: Interval data.

Availability: Reports

Number of Lines: 2

Column Listing for Line 1

Column	Column Name	Element	Type	Dimension	Description
1	Pass	Pass Number	Integer	Unitless	Satellite pass number at the stated time.
2	Start Time	Start Time	Real Number or Text	Date	Beginning of an interval.
3	Apogee	Apogee	Real Number or Text	Distance	The detic altitude at the time of apoapse. See the definition of the time of apogee as used by this data provider.
4	Time of Apogee	Time of Apogee	Real Number or Text	Date	The time when the range rate is decreasing through zero. The range rate is defined as the dot product of the position and velocity vectors divided by the magnitude of the position vector. If the orbit is very close to circular, the time will not be computed.
5	Period	Period	Real Number or Text	Time	The duration of the pass. If the pass does not start or end on a pass break, the value will be "Partial Pass".
6	Lon Ascen Node	Lon Ascen Node	Real Number or Text	Longitude	The right ascension, measured in the satellite's central body fixed coordinate system, when the satellite passes through the ascending node during this pass. If the ascending node is not within the pass, then the value will be "Not In Pass". If the orbit is nearly equatorial, the value will be "Equatorial".

Column Listing for Line 2

Column	Column Name	Element	Type	Dimension	Description
1	End Time	End Time	Real Number or Text	Date	End of an interval.
2	Perigee	Perigee	Real Number or Text	Distance	The detic altitude at the time of periapse. See the definition of the time of perigee as used by this data provider.
3	Time of Perigee	Time of Perigee	Real Number or Text	Date	The time when the range rate is increasing through zero. The range rate is defined as the dot product of the position and velocity vectors divided by the magnitude of the position vector. If the orbit is very close to circular, the time will not be computed.
4	Right Ascen	Right Ascen	Real Number or Text	Angle	The right ascension, measured in the satellite's central body inertial coordinate system, when the satellite passes through the ascending node during this pass. If the ascending node is not within the pass, then the value will be "Not In Pass". If the orbit is nearly equatorial, the value will be "Equatorial".
5	Lon Descen Node	Lon Descen Node	Real Number or Text	Longitude	The right ascension, measured in the satellite's central body fixed coordinate system, when the satellite passes through the descending node during this pass. If the descending node is not within the pass, then the value will be "Not In Pass". If the orbit is nearly equatorial, the value will be "Equatorial".