An example of a record in an eci (`earth-centered inertial') file is 08 1993 03 30 11 59 52.00 -17409.92089 -11220.03748 16714.65641 -.46716519 -2.89933902 -2.51410869 GPS08 123.0 NM This is a free-formated line with many of the fields optional. The first field (integer) contains the satellite's id (SVN for GPS satellites and an agreed-upon ID for other satellites). The next six fields record the UTC time: year (int), month (int), day of month (int), hour (int), and second (float). Fields eight through ten contain the inertial Cartesian coordinates: x (float), y (float) and z (float) in km. They can either represent the center of mass position or phase center position. All subsequent fields are optional but their order should be kept as follows: Three velocity components: u (float), v (float), w (float) in km/sec, the satellite name (character*(*)), the yaw angle (float) in degrees and the eclipse status (character*2). Some more details about the yaw angle and the eclipse status: The yaw angle is defined as the angle between the s/c X axis and the W vector, measured counter clockwise as you look down the Z axis toward Earth. The W vector is defined to be the normalized projection of the velocity vector on a plane perpendicular to the spacecraft position vector. The eclipse status relates the following information: NE for Not Eclipsing (Nominal) SH for SHadow crossing PS for Post Shadow maneuver NN for NooN turn NM for NoMinal but in eclipse season