Spacecraft.ContactTimes(Spacecraft, Sensor) Method

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Description

Contact is determined only when contactSensor on contactSpacecraft can "see" 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.

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

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

Spacecraft.ContactTimes(	Spacecraft contactSpacecraft,
	Sensor contactSensor)

Arguments

contactSpacecraft
Description:	Spacecraft to use in contact calculation.

contactSensor
Description:	A Sensor on the contactSpacecraft used to calculate contact times.
Repeatable:	1 to 30 times

Return Value

Type:

string

Returns the acquisition of signal time (AOS), loss of signal time (LOS), and duration of the argument's contact with the Spacecraft.

The FF_Preferences.IntervalEventReportingBehavior property controls whether the start and end of propagation are reported as events. By default, if contact starts before the beginning of the propagation span, FreeFlyer will label the start of the propagation as the start of contact. If contact extends past the end of the propagation span, FreeFlyer labels the end of propagation as the end of contact.

Syntax

myString1 = mySpacecraft1.ContactTimes(mySpacecraft2, mySensor1);