Description
Returns the bodydetic height. Objects below the surface will return a negative height.
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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Overload List
Signatures
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Return Value
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Description
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Spacecraft.GetHeight()
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Variable
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Returns the bodydetic height above the reference ellipsoid. Objects below the surface of the ellipsoid will return a negative height.
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Spacecraft.GetHeight(Terrain terrain)
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Variable
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Return the bodydetic height above the provided Terrain object. Objects below the surface of the terrain will return a negative height. This is a geodetic height measured along the line perpendicular to the ellipsoid. For Spacecraft objects, this is the distance from the calling Spacecraft to the point where its subsatellite point intersects with the terrain. This distance is the same as (Spacecraft height above terrain) = (Spacecraft height above the ellipsoid) - (terrain height above the ellipsoid at the spacecraft's subsatellite point lat/lon).
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See also
Spacecraft Object
Spacecraft Propagation Guide
Coverage and Contact Analysis Guide
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