3.11.15 TIM2ORBIT


next up previous contents
Next: 3.11.16 SEL_TIMRANGE Up: 3.11 Time Routines and Previous: 3.11.14 EX2FID

3.11.15 TIM2ORBIT

TIM2ORBIT will take a set of input times and will determine which orbit and which week the data falls in. It can also return the number of minutes into the orbit for an input time. A sample interactive use of the routine would be:
IDL> tim2orbit,'23-jun-92 6:00',/print
    The item returned for this would be:

     Input               S/C Day     Night in   FileID    WeekID  D/N    SAA?
   Date     Time        Time  Min Ago  (min)
23-JUN-92  06:00:00   05:13:14 46.77   14.98  920623.0513  92_26  Day

The S/C day started 46.77 minutes earlier, and night will occur in 14.98 minutes (it is S/C day mode). The FileID for this time is 920623.0513 and the WeekID is 92_26.

Optional Keyword Output Parameters (the number of output elements is the same as the input):


ydac@mssly1.mssl.ucl.ac.uk