TABLE  u13alm01SatelliteOrbits

Contains unique fitted orbits for satellite trails for programme U13ALM01



Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (orbitID)

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
orbitIDbigint8 UID of the orbit as assigned by fitting algorith ID_MAIN
cuEventIDint4 UID of curation event giving rise to this record REFER_CODE
inclinationfloat8degreesInclination of orbit to equator  
raAscNodefloat8degreesRight ascension of ascending node  
eccentricityfloat8 Eccentricity  
argPerigeefloat8degreesArgument of perigee  
meanAnomalyfloat8degreesMean anomaly  
meanMotionfloat8revolutions per dayMean motion  
firstDerMMfloat8 First time derviative of the Mean Motion divided by two  
secondDerMMfloat8 Second time derviative of the Mean Motion divided by six  
dragTermfloat8 BSTAR drag term  
semimajorfloat8kmSemi-major axis  
epochfloat8daysEpoch (in MJD)  
nTrailsint4 Number of satellite trails used to compute the orbit  
chiSqreal4 Chi-squared of fit  
nDofint4 Number of degrees of freedom of fit  
absMagreal4mag (or Wm^-2)Absolute brightness of satellite (standard distance / illumination)  
absMagErrreal4magError in absolute brightness of satellite (standard distance / illumination)  
isKnowntinyint1 Is this satellite already known: No 0, Yes 1  
satelliteNumberint4 Satellite number of satellite-99999999 
Total length125