Spacecraft.Contact(Spacecraft) Method

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Description

If contactingSpacecraft has no Sensors, then contact occurs when there is a line of sight between contactingSpacecraft and the calling Spacecraft. If contactingSpacecraft has Sensors, contact occurs when one of those Sensors can "see" the calling Spacecraft.

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.

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Method Signature

Spacecraft.Contact(

Spacecraft contactingSpacecraft)

Arguments

contactingSpacecraft
Description:	Target Spacecraft to use to determine contact.

Return Value

Type:

boolean

Returns 1 if there is contact, 0 if there is not.

Syntax

myVariable1 = mySpacecraft1.Contact(mySpacecraft2);