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      <ResourceName>INT_AUR : Attitude Data</ResourceName>
      <DOI>https://doi.org/10.24400/802406/zjkg-4kq6</DOI>
      <ReleaseDate>2022-04-27T18:07:14Z</ReleaseDate>
      <Description>This data set contains the attitude quaternions of Interball-Auroral allowing the conversion of any vector from the satellite body-build frame to GEI-1950 frame.</Description>
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      <Availability>Online</Availability>
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        <URL>https://regards.cnes.fr/user/cdpp/modules/1777?sp=DatasetName;q=DatasetName:INT_AUR_ATTITUDE</URL>
        <Description>Access via CNES Data Archive for CDPP</Description>
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    <InstrumentID>spase://CNES/Instrument/CDPP-Archive/Interball-Auroral/Ephemeris-Auroral</InstrumentID>
    <MeasurementType>Ephemeris</MeasurementType>
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      <TimeSpan>
        <StartDate>1996-09-11T00:00:00Z</StartDate>
        <StopDate>1998-07-27T00:00:00Z</StopDate>
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    <Parameter>
      <Name>INT_AUR Q0 Attitude quaternion SC to GEI transformation</Name>
      <Description>INT_AUR   Q0 = cos(ALPHA/2)  The attitude quaternion describes a transformation of a vector from spacecraft body coordinates into the GEI-1950 (Geocentric Equatorial Inertial) coordinate system. It represents a rotation of an ALPHA angle around an axis whose the unit vector coordinates are U, V, W.</Description>
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    <Parameter>
      <Name>INT_AUR Q1 Attitude quaternion SC to GEI transformation</Name>
      <Description>INT_AUR   Q1=U*sin(ALPHA/2)  The attitude quaternion describes a transformation of a vector from spacecraft body coordinates into the GEI-1950 (Geocentric Equatorial Inertial) coordinate system. It represents a rotation of an ALPHA angle around an axis whose the unit vector coordinates are U, V, W.</Description>
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    <Parameter>
      <Name>INT_AUR Q2 Attitude quaternion SC to GEI transformation</Name>
      <Description>INT_AUR   Q2 = V*sin(ALPHA/2) The attitude quaternion describes a transformation of a vector from spacecraft body coordinates into the GEI-1950 (Geocentric Equatorial Inertial) coordinate system. It represents a rotation of an ALPHA angle around an axis whose the unit vector coordinates are U, V, W.</Description>
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    <Parameter>
      <Name>INT_AUR Q3 Attitude quaternion SC to GEI transformation</Name>
      <Description>INT_AUR   Q3 = W*sin(ALPHA/2)The attitude quaternion describes a transformation of a vector from spacecraft body coordinates into the GEI-1950 (Geocentric Equatorial Inertial) coordinate system. It represents a rotation of an ALPHA angle around an axis whose the unit vector coordinates are U, V, W.</Description>
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    <Parameter>
      <Name>INT_AUR  Right ascension  of the spin axis in GEI coordinate system</Name>
      <Description>INT_AUR  Right ascension  of the spin axis in GEI (Geocentric Equatorial Inertial) coordinate system</Description>
      <Units>°</Units>
      <UnitsConversion>0.0174532925&gt;rad</UnitsConversion>
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        <CoordinateRepresentation>Spherical</CoordinateRepresentation>
        <CoordinateSystemName>GEI</CoordinateSystemName>
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      <Support>
        <Qualifier>Scalar</Qualifier>
        <SupportQuantity>Other</SupportQuantity>
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    <Parameter>
      <Name>INT_AUR  Declination   of the spin axis in GEI coordinate system</Name>
      <Description>INT_AUR Declination   of the spin axis in GEI (Geocentric Equatorial Inertial) coordinate system</Description>
      <Units>°</Units>
      <UnitsConversion>0.0174532925&gt;rad</UnitsConversion>
      <CoordinateSystem>
        <CoordinateRepresentation>Spherical</CoordinateRepresentation>
        <CoordinateSystemName>GEI</CoordinateSystemName>
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        <Qualifier>Scalar</Qualifier>
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    <Parameter>
      <Name>INT_AUR  Right ascension  of the spin axis in GSE coordinate system</Name>
      <Description>INT_AUR  Right ascension  of the spin axis in GSE (Geocentric Equatorial Inertial) coordinate system</Description>
      <Units>°</Units>
      <UnitsConversion>0.0174532925&gt;rad</UnitsConversion>
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      <Name>INT_AUR  Declination   of the spin axis in GSE coordinate system</Name>
      <Description>INT_AUR Declination   of the spin axis in GSE (Geocentric Equatorial Inertial) coordinate system</Description>
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