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Descriptions: Before Activity   During Activity   After Activity   Overview Log   Crew Log   Equipment Log   Navigation Log   Operation Log  
Downloadable Forms: Overview Log (doc)  
Appendix: FACS Coordinators   Day of Year   Activity ID definition   Improving data sharing to improve science  (from MMI)   Crew Log (txt)   Equipment Log (txt)   Navigation Log (txt)   Operation Log (txt)  
   

Use this Log only when navigation is not being collected digitally.

The Navigation Log is a list of times and locations.

All times must be Zulu (Greenwich) time, not local times.

Position information may be as either:

decimal degrees;
degrees and decimal minutes; or
degrees, minutes, and seconds.
EXAMPLE
Day of
Year
Hour Min Sec Lat
Deg
Lat
Min
Lat
Sec
Long
Deg
Long
Min
Long
Sec
Comments
192 08 34 00 35.50000     -123.25000      
192 14 56 00 35 30.5   -123 15.5   questionable position
192 15 00 00 35 30 10 -123 15 30  

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