SATPAR

FEB 2003

0302.0

GLOBAL SET

                                                                                
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SATPAR           76039010.28274             411.000                             
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COLUMNS FORMAT         DESCRIPTION                         DEFAULT VALUE & UNITS
                                                                                
1-6     A6        SATPAR - Specifies spacecraft identi-                         
                  fication number (Satellite ID), cross                         
                  sectional area and mass. Also specifies                       
                  maximum degree of gravitational                               
                  coefficients to be considered significant                     
                  for this spacecraft.                                          
                                                                                
7       I1        0 - Obtain average S/C cross sectional         0              
                      area and S/C mass from columns                            
                      25-59 of this card.                                       
                  1 - Obtain same from S/C parameters                           
                      file.                                                     
                                                                                
8       I1        0 - No tables of S/C cross section or :        0              
                      solar radiation to be obtained    :                       
                      from S/C parameter file.          :                       
                  1 - Only drag cross section tables    :                       
                      used from S/C parameter file.     :N/A                    
                  2 - Only solar radiation tables used  :                       
                      from S/C parameters file.         :                       
                  3 - Both drag cross section and solar :                       
                      radiation tables used from S/C    :                       
                      parameters file.                  :                       

9       I1        Twelve parameter state combination
		  identifier. If this index is present
	          there must be one more SATPAR card in
	          the unit 5 setup to form the pair. For
	          the fisrt satellite the index must be
	          1 and for the second 2. For the
                  satellites forming a pair with these
                  indices on col. 9, the following
                  ELEMS1 and ELEMS2 cards contain 6 (six)
                  each of the twelve state vector
                  combination parameters. The first SATPAR
	          with the index 1 is followed by ELEMS
                  cards featuring the mid-point parameters,
                  and the second SATPAR is followed by
	          ELEMS cards featuring baseline parameters
		  (Ref. NOTE [2]). Any following VARCOV
                  cards for these two satellites feature
	          the sigmas of the 12 state combination
                  parameters.

                                                                                
10-11   I2        Spacecraft attitude control algorithm          0              
                   0 - Cannonball(no attitude control)                         
                   2 - TOPEX/Poseidon                                          
                   3 - SPOT-2                                                  
                   4 - GPS                                                     
                   5 - ERS-1                                                   
                   6 - Mars Observer Mapping Phase                             
                   7 - Mars Observer Cruise Phase                              
                   8 - TDRSS                            
                   9 - Magnetically stabilized S/C      
                  10 - GFO                              
                  11 - TRMM                             
                  12 - EUVE
                  13 - VCL
                                                                                
12      I1        Requests external attitude for this                           
                  satellite:                                     0              
                   0 - No external attitude                                     
                   9 - External attitude (See Volume 5                          
                       for a description of the external                        
                       attitude file)                                           

13      I1        Local gravity application switch:     :        0              
                   0 - Consider gravity anomaly, surface:                       
                       density and geoid height local   :                       
                       gravity terms to be significant  :N/A                    
                       for this spacecraft.             :                       
                   1 - Consider local gravity terms to  :                       
                       be insignificant for this        :                       
                       spacecraft.                      :                       
                                                                                
15-17   I3        Maximum degree of gravitational coefficients   Max. of Model  
                  to be considered significant for this S/C.                    
                                                                                
18-24   I7        Satellite ID (satellite ID is required).       0              
                                                                                
25-44   D20.8     S/C cross sectional area.                 See col. 7   M**2   
                                                                                
45-59   D15.3     S/C mass.                                 See col. 7   Kg     
                                                                                
UNITS:  KM =Kilometers; M  =Meters    ; S  =Seconds    ; Kg =Kilograms          
        DEG=Degrees   ; RAD=Radians   ; AS =Arc seconds; MAS=Milli-arc seconds  
                                                                                
NOTES:                                                                          
 [1]     If more than one satellite is used in an arc than the four lines       
         SATPAR, EPOCH, ELEMS1 ELEMS2 - are repeated for each satellite.        
                                                                                
         SATPAR        --                                                       
         EPOCH          | These four lines are repeated for                     
         ELEMS1         |  each satellite in the arc                            
         ELEMS2        --                                                       

 [2]     A full description for the baseline representation of the
         initial epoch state parameters may be found in the following
         reference:
        "Short-arc analysis of intersatellite tracking data in a gravity
         mapping mission", D.D.Rowlands, R.D.Ray, D.S.Chinn, F.G.Lemoine,
         Journal of Geodesy (2002)76:307-316
                                                                                
                                                                                
IF CARD OMITTED: Run will abnormally terminate
      


Despina Pavlis
2003-02-24