Spacecraft.OrbitWizardInterplanetarySetup(String, TimeSpan, Variable, Variable, Variable, Variable, Variable, Variable) Method

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Description

Initializes the state of a spacecraft with an orbit centered around the specified CelestialObject.

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Method Signature

Spacecraft.OrbitWizardInterplanetarySetup(	String centralBody,
	TimeSpan epoch,
	Variable semiMajorAxis,
	Variable eccentricity,
	Variable inclination,
	Variable raan,
	Variable argumentOfPerigee,
	Variable trueAnomaly)

Arguments

centralBody
Description:	Name of the Central Body to use for defining the orbit.

epoch
Description:	Epoch of the orbit state.

semiMajorAxis
Description:	Semi-Major axis of the orbit.
Valid Range:	semiMajorAxis ≥ 0

eccentricity
Description:	Eccentricity of the orbit.
Valid Range:	eccentricity ≥ 0

inclination
Description:	Inclination of the orbit.
Valid Range:	-180 ≤ inclination ≤ 180

raan
Description:	Right Ascension of Ascending Node of the orbit.
Valid Range:	-360 ≤ raan ≤ 360

argumentOfPerigee
Description:	Argument of Perigee of the orbit.
Valid Range:	-360 ≤ argumentOfPerigee ≤ 360

trueAnomaly
Description:	True Anomaly of the orbit.
Valid Range:	-360 ≤ trueAnomaly ≤ 360

Return Value

Type:

number

Returns a 1 if the interplanetary orbit was initialized successfully. Returns a 0 if orbit initialization failed.

Syntax

myVariable1 = mySpacecraft1.OrbitWizardInterplanetarySetup(myString1, myTimeSpan1, myVariable2, myVariable3, myVariable4, myVariable5, myVariable6, myVariable7);