GroundStation.TrackingInterference(Spacecraft, Variable, Variable, TimeSpanArray, Array) Method

Description

Returns the number of elements that have been populated into the EventTime and EventType arrays. The arrays are populated with the time and type of interference events, where an event can be the start or end of an interference between the GroundStation and the trackedSpacecraft due to interferingCelestialObject.

FreeFlyer calculates interference based on the times when the center of the interfering object is within the cone. If you want to model a non-zero angular width for an interfering object, you can add half the angular width of that object (as seen from the GroundStation) to the desired interference half-angle to get the total cone half-angle.

Note: When more than one interfering object is specified, ALL of these objects (as opposed to ANY) must lie within the interference cone for the tracking to be considered interfered.

The TrackingInterference method will account for refraction if refraction modeling is turned on using the GroundStation.RefractionModelType property.

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Note: This is an interval method. See the Interval Methods page for more information.

Note: This method has a state. See the Methods and Properties with State page for more information.

Method Signature

GroundStation.TrackingInterference(	Spacecraft trackedSpacecraft,
	Variable interferenceAngle,
	Variable interferingCelestialObject,
	TimeSpanArray EventTime,
	Array EventType)

Arguments

trackedSpacecraft
Description:	The Spacecraft to be tracked by the GroundStation.

interferenceAngle
Description:	The cone half angle about the GroundStation-to-Spacecraft vector used to determine interference.
Units:	deg
Valid Range:	-360 ≤ interferenceAngle ≤ 360

interferingCelestialObject

Description:

The ID(s) for the interfering CelestialObject(s). Body ID's 1-11 are assigned to the default Solar System objects, as shown below. Custom CelestialObjects will have body ID's starting at 12 and assigned in the order they are created.

Valid Values:

Celestial Object	Value
Mercury	Mercury.BodyID or 1
Venus	Venus.BodyID or 2
Earth	Earth.BodyID or 3
Mars	Mars.BodyID or 4
Jupiter	Jupiter.BodyID or 5
Saturn	Saturn.BodyID or 6
Uranus	Uranus.BodyID or 7
Neptune	Neptune.BodyID or 8
Pluto	Pluto.BodyID or 9
Moon	Moon.BodyID or 10
Sun	Sun.BodyID or 11
<Custom CelestialBody>	<Custom CelestialBody>.BodyID, starting at 12 and assigned in the order the custom CelestialObjects are created.

Repeatable:

1 to 30 times

EventTime

Description:

The time that the event occurred.

The FF_Preferences.IntervalEventReportingBehavior property controls whether the start of propagation is reported as an event. By default, if the interference starts before the beginning of the propagation span, FreeFlyer will label the start of the propagation as the start of the interference.

EventType
Description:	The type of the event that occurred. Event Type == 1 is beginning of interference. Event Type == 2 is end of interference.

Return Value

Type:

number

Returns the number of elements populated into EventType and EventTime arrays

Syntax

myVariable1 = myGroundStation1.TrackingInterference(mySpacecraft1, myVariable2, myVariable3, myTimeSpanArray1, myArray1);