SAMPEX Orbit and Attitude Data, for 2011-297 through 2011-323 File Created: Fri Sep 27 18:32:40 2013 Created By SAMPEX Data Center: http://www.srl.caltech.edu/sampex/DataCenter/index.html Time Resolution: 6 seconds. Timestamps refer to the beginning of each 6-second interval Column 1 : Year - Four-digit year Column 2 : Day-of-year - Day of year, starting at 1 Column 3 : Sec_of_day - Second of day, synced RS Set time-stamp when Flag_rstime is 1 Column 4 : Sec_of_day_psset - Second of day contained in the original PS Set data record Column 5 : Flag_rstime - Flag indicating whether the time-stamp for the data record has been synced to its corresponding RS Set time-stamp Column 6 : Orbit_Number - SAMPEX Orbit Number Column 7 : GEO_Radius - Range in GEO coordinate system (km). Column 8 : GEO_Long - Longitude in GEO coordinate system (0 to 360 degrees). Column 9 : GEO_Lat - Latitude in GEO coordinate system (-90 to +90 degrees). Column 10 : Altitude - Altitude in GEO coordinate system (km). Column 11,12,13 : GEI_X,Y,Z - Position vector in GEI coordinate system (km). Column 14,15,16 : GEI_VX,VY,VZ - Velocity vector in GEI coordinate system (km/s). Column 17 : ECD_Radius - Eccentric Dipole (offset tilted dipole) range (km). Column 18 : ECD_Long - Eccentric Dipole longitude (0 to 360 degrees). Column 19 : ECD_Lat - Eccentric Dipole latitude (-90 to +90 degrees). Column 20 : ECD_MLT - Eccentric Dipole local time (hr). Column 21 : L_Shell - L-shell parameter. Column 22 : B_Mag - Model field magnitude (gauss). Column 23 : MLT - Local time at magnetic equator along current field line (hr) ECD. Column 24 : Invariant_Lat - Invariant latitude (degrees). Column 25,26,27 : B_X,Y,Z - Magnetic field vector, Cartesian GEI coordinates. Column 28,29,30 : B_R,Theta,Phi - Magnetic field vector, spherical geographic coordinates (GEO) (r, theta, phi). Column 31 : Declination - Magnetic declination (degrees). Column 32 : Dip - Magnetic dip angle (degrees). Column 33 : Magnetic_Radius - Algebraic magnetic radial distance (km). Column 34 : Magnetic_Lat - Algebraic magnetic latitude (degrees). Column 35 : Loss_Cone_1 - Loss cone 1/2 angle (degrees) for particles mirroring below 100 km in same hemisphere as spacecraft. Column 36 : Loss_Cone_2 - Loss cone 1/2 angle (degrees) for particles mirroring below 100 km in either hemisphere. Column 37,38,39 : Dipole_Moment_X - Dipole moment vector. Cartesian geographic coordinates (GEO). Column 40,41,42 : Dipole_Disp_X - Dipole moment displacement vector. Cartesian geographic coordinates (GEO). Column 43 : Mirror_Alt - Geographic altitude (km) of conjugate mirror point. Column 44 : Mirror_Long - Geographic longitude (degrees) of conjugate mirror point. Column 45 : Mirror_Lat - Geographic latitude (degrees) of conjugate mirror point. Column 46 : Equator_B_Mag - Magnitude of field (gauss) at magnetic equator. Column 47 : Equator_Alt - GEO altitude (km) at magnetic equator. Column 48 : Equator_Long - GEO longitude (degrees) at magnetic equator. Column 49 : Equator_Lat - GEO latitude (degrees) at magnetic equator. Column 50 : North100km_B_Mag - Magnitude of field (gauss) at north 100km point. Column 51 : North100km_Alt - GEO altitude (km) at north 100km point. Column 52 : North100km_Long - GEO longitude (degrees) at north 100km point. Column 53 : North100km_Lat - GEO latitude (degrees) at north 100km point. Column 54 : South100km_B_Mag - Magnitude of field (gauss) at south 100km point. Column 55 : South100km_Alt - GEO altitude (km) at south 100km point. Column 56 : South100km_Long - GEO longitude (degrees) at south 100km point. Column 57 : South100km_Lat - GEO latitude (degrees) at south 100km point. Column 58 : Vertical_Cutoff - Nominal vertical cutoff (1980) at 20 km altitude at subsatellite location (GV). Column 59 : SAA_Flag - South Atlantic Anomaly Flag. 0=not in SAA, 1=within SAA. Column 60-68 : A11,A21,A31,A12,A22,A32,A13,A23,A33: 9-element attitude direction cosine array for rotating from GEI coordinates to body fixed coordinates. Z-axis in body fixed is along instrument bore sights. Column 69 : Pitch - Pitch angle of a particle heading down the instrument boresight (i.e., angle between S/C z-axis and (-1) times the local magnetic field vector), in degrees. Column 70 : Zenith - Angle between instrument boresight (S/C z-axis) and local zenith, in degrees. Column 71 : Azimuth - Azimuth of projection of boresight into plane normal to zenith, in degrees, with 0 = east, 90 = north, 180 = west, 270 = south. Column 72 : Att_Flag - Flag, data quality flag indicating source of attitude information (attitude direction cosines, pitch, zenith, azimuth). Executive summary: flag =0, 1, 100, 101 means attitude is OK. Other values indicate attitude is not OK. BEGIN DATA