AUG 1988
8805.0
ARC MANDATORY SECTION
The ARC mandatory section includes three lines for the user to provide appropriate comments about the ARC, a REFSYS line to establish the inertial coordinate system that will be used for satellite orbit integration, a SATPAR line to define the satellite ID and cross sectional area and mass, an EPOCH line to define the epoch time for the satellite elements, and an ELEMS1 and ELEMS2 line to define the satellite elements.
The first eight lines of the ARC Set for each arc must be in the specific order shown below:
Arc title 1
Arc title 2
Arc title 3
REFSYS
SATPAR --
EPOCH | These four lines are repeated for
ELEMS1 | each satellite in the arc
ELEMS2 --
If more than one satellite is used in an arc than the last four lines are repeated (SATPAR, EPOCH, ELEMS1 ELEMS2) for each satellite. NOV 1985
8503.0
ARC SET - MANDATORY CARDS