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Pass Details Format

The pass details are purely intended for use in cojunction with a program I wrote to plot antenna performance.  The format may change without notice.  At present, the format is a multi-column text file, with the following data:

Line 1  Date, satellite name
Lines 2-N Time as hhmmss.t, satellite azimuth, satellite elevation

The pass will always start at the minute boundary.

Sample pass details file

1999 Oct 26 NOAA 14
042000.0 17.5 0.5
042000.5 17.5 0.5
042001.0 17.5 0.5
042001.5 17.5 0.5
042002.0 17.5 0.6
042002.5 17.5 0.6
042003.0 17.5 0.6
042003.5 17.5 0.6
042004.0 17.5 0.7
042004.5 17.5 0.7