4.4.2 RD_ATR and RD_ATT


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4.4.2 RD_ATR and RD_ATT

 

The RD_ATR routine allows a user to read the raw S/C pointing information which is stored in secondary database files. The ATR files have the IRU, HXA, and TFSS information for every major frame. The RD_ATT routine allows a user to read the processed S/C pointing information. Sample calls would be:
IDL> rd_atr, sttim, entim, atr
 
IDL> rd_att, sttim, entim, att
 
IDL> rd_atr, '1-nov-91', '3-nov-91', atr
The ATR structure that is returned has the following tags:

The ATT database is derived from the HXA and IRU data using the routine IRUHXA2SXT   which was written by Jean-Pierre Wuelser.  The ATT structure that is returned has the following tags:


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