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the z-axis (right-handed rule). Figure 3.1 shows the axes of the Earth Centered Inertial (ECI)  Earth, parallel to the rotation axis of the Earth, and the y-axis is perpendicular to the x-axis and  center of the Earth, but rotates with it. The x-axis points to the Greenwich meridian in the

Figure 3 the z-axis (right-handed rule). Figure 3.1 shows the axes of the Earth Centered Inertial (ECI) Earth, parallel to the rotation axis of the Earth, and the y-axis is perpendicular to the x-axis and center of the Earth, but rotates with it. The x-axis points to the Greenwich meridian in the