Spacecraft.GetRelativeCartesianState(Spacecraft) Method

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Description

Returns the relative Cartesian state of the calling Spacecraft in reference to the refSC in the ICRF. Note that if the epochs of the calling Spacecraft and the refSC do not match, this will report an error.

Timing Precision Mode

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Method Signature

Spacecraft.GetRelativeCartesianState(

Spacecraft refSC)

Arguments

refSC
Description:	The Spacecraft to which the reference state will be evaluted.

Return Value

Type:

Array of number (size = 6)

Returns the relative Cartesian state in units of km and km/s.

Syntax

myArray1 = mySpacecraft1.GetRelativeCartesianState(mySpacecraft2);