Spacecraft.DutyCycle(Thruster) Method

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Description

Returns the duty cycle of a Thruster Object. Duty cycle is the percentage on-time of a given thruster during a burn. This property scales the mass depletion and scales the acceleration due to thrust. This property ranges between 0 and 1.

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.DutyCycle(

Thruster thruster)

Arguments

thruster
Description:	The Thruster to use in the duty cycle calculation.

Return Value

Type:

number

Returns the percentage of time a thruster is actually turned on over the maneuver execution time.

Syntax

myVariable1 = mySpacecraft1.DutyCycle(myThruster1);