Plate.Normal Property

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Description

The normal vector of the plate in the Spacecraft Body Coordinate System frame.

To get the updated normal vector for this plate as it rotates to track the sun, use the Plate.GetUpdatedNormal() method.

Timing Precision Mode

This page describes functionality in millisecond timing precision mode. Millisecond timing precision mode is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. We recommend that you migrate your Mission Plans to nanosecond timing precision mode.

Click here to see the documentation for this object in nanosecond timing precision mode.

Attributes

Type:	Array of number (size = 3)
Access:	read
Valid Range:	-1 ≤ Plate.Normal ≤ 1

Syntax

myVariable1 = myPlate1.Normal[0];