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DisplayData
ResourceID
spase://CNES/DisplayData/CDPP-Archive/GEOS-2/Ephemeris/GEOS2_AUX_PS
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
GEOS-2 Geographic Position and Auxiliary Data Level-2 (PostScripts)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24400/802406/z7g7-7w4c
ReleaseDate
2022-07-26 10:03:57Z
Description
This dataset contains plots GEOS-2 ephemeris data:
Geographic Position
Sat-E-Sun
Spin Axis Tilt
Spin Axis in VHD
Dipole Axis in VHD
Sun Dir. in VHD
Quality
Acknowledgement
Users of these data are encouraged to acknowledge ESA/ESTEC (European Space Agency / European Space Research and Technology Center), DSRI (Danish Space Research Institute), CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) for their support to the SCM GEOS team, NASA/GSFC (National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Goddard Space Flight Center) and CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) for their support to the MAG GEOS team, and the CDPP (Centre des Données de la Physique des Plasmas) for the distribution of the GEOS data, in all publications.
If PI/coI are not part of the publication list, then we suggest to add Specifically, we acknowledge Roger Gendrin and Patrick Robert for use of SCM data from the GEOS mission.
Contacts
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessURL
Name
REGARDS
URL
Description
Access via CNES Data Archive for CDPP
Format
Postscript
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
Ephemeris
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
1978-07-27 00:00:00Z
StopDate
1983-01-30 00:00:00Z
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Plasmasphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.Magnetosphere
Parameter #1
Name
Number of Low Speed Format (LSF)
Description
Number of Low Speed Format (LSF)
Support
Parameter #2
Name
Latitude of the Spacecraft
Description
Latitude of the Spacecraft
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #3
Name
Longitude of the Spacecraft
Description
Longitude of the Spacecraft
Units
°
UnitsConversion
0.0174532925>rad
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #4
Name
Distance of the Spacecraft to the centre of the Earth
Description
Distance of the Spacecraft to the centre of the Earth
Units
km
UnitsConversion
1e3>m
CoordinateSystem
CoordinateRepresentation
Spherical
CoordinateSystemName
GEO
Support
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #5
Name
Sun S/C angle
Description
Angle between the two lines Earth-centre to satellite and Sun to Earth-centre (i.e eclipse at zero angle)
Units
°
UnitsConversion
0.0174532925>rad
Support
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #6
Name
S/C spin axis right ascension
Description
Right ascension of the spin axis tilt in spacecraft coordinates.
Units
°
UnitsConversion
0.0174532925>rad
Support
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #7
Name
S/C spin axis declination
Description
Declination of the spin axis tilt in spacecraft coordinates.
Units
°
UnitsConversion
0.0174532925>rad
Support
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #8
Name
S/C spin axis in VDH
Description
S/C spin axis components in VDH system
Support
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #9
Name
Magnetic dipole axis in VDH system
Description
Components of the magnetic dipole axis in VDH system
Support
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #10
Name
Sun axis in VDH system
Description
Components of the Sun axis in VDH system
Support
SupportQuantity
Orientation
Parameter #11
Name
Data quality
Description
Data quality flag
Support
SupportQuantity
DataQuality
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