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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="color:#1F497D">Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Just one thought:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I was wondering why these leap seconds would have to be in the message, as you can find them everywhere.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">There is one case where there could some ambiguity: for predictions when a planned leap second may be taken into account or not.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">But I don’t know if that’s a good enough reason to have that the leap seconds in the message.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Alain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MOIMS-NAV-EXEC <moims-nav-exec-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ralph.Kahle@dlr.de<br>
<b>Sent:</b> lundi 10 mai 2021 16:59<br>
<b>To:</b> moims-nav-exec@mailman.ccsds.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [MOIMS-NAV-EXEC] leap second flagging<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regarding the flagging of leap seconds in orbit products please find an example below that we use at GSOC:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><img width="930" height="129" style="width:9.6875in;height:1.3472in" id="Grafik_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D745C0.8569A690"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would something like this help the cislunar group and could be implemented into our messages?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ralph<o:p></o:p></p>
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