Path: AerospaceUtils/Coord
% Convert an earth fixed position vector to [latitude;longitude;altitude]
Altitude is the distance above the subsatellite point. Assumes an
ellipsoidal planet.
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Form:
x = EFToLatLonAlt( r, f, a, tol )
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Inputs
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r (3,:) Vectors
f (1,1) Flattening factor*
a (1,1) Equatorial radius*
tol (1,1) Tolerance*
* optional
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Outputs
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x (3,:) [lat (rad); lon (rad); altitude]
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Reference: Vallado, D. A. (1999) Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and
Applications. pp. 204-205.
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AerospaceUtils: Coord/ECIToEF Common: Time/DTSToDTA Common: Time/Date2JD Common: Time/JD2T Common: Time/T2JD Math: Linear/Mag Math: Linear/Unit
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