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title: "Ancillary Text - GOES Satellite Hunt | Lets Hack It"
description: "Written by Lucas Teske on 19 February 2017 Part of GOES Satellite Hunt Project overview → Ancillary Text This header is a pure informative with a human / machine readable format. It’s contents vary depending on the type of the file. Name Type Description Data string Data Table 11 -..."
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Written by Lucas Teske   
on 19 February 2017

# 

# Ancillary Text

This header is a pure informative with a human / machine readable format. It’s contents vary depending on the type of the file.

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Data | string | Data |

### Table 11 - Ancillary Text Fields

Example of content:

```
Time of frame start = 2017/113/18:45:17
     Satellite = GOES 15
     Channel = 04
     Region = Pacific United States
     Frame priority = 1
     Resolution = 02.29 km E/W x 04.00 km N/S
     Segmented = yes
     Active side = 1
     Imaging mode = routine
     IMC active = true
```

## Cite this work

### Suggested citation

Lucas Teske. “GOES Satellite Hunt.” _Lets Hack It_, 2017. [https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/](https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/).

### BibTeX

```
@misc{teske2017goessatellitehunt,
  author = {Teske, Lucas},
  title = {GOES Satellite Hunt},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {Lets Hack It},
  url = {https://lucasteske.dev/goes-satellite-hunt/}
}
```