Spacecraft.LCSLongitude Property

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Description

The LCSLongitude is the associated reference longitude and is usually set at the longitude of the launch site. The Launch Coordinate System was designed to facilitate analysis of satellite launches. Launch coordinates have advantages such that the right ascension of the ascending node may be specified independently from the launch time and date. Launch Coordinate System Definition is as follows:

Origin - center of the Earth.

Z-axis - north-pointing vector normal to the true equatorial plane at the reference epoch.

X-axis - lies in the true equatorial plane at the reference epoch, and points from the center of the Earth to the reference longitude on the Earth's surface.

Y-axis - forms a right-handed coordinate system.

Timing Precision Mode

This page describes functionality in nanosecond timing precision mode.

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

Attributes

Type:	number
Access:	read/write
Units:	deg
Default Value:	0.0
Valid Range:	0 ≤ Spacecraft.LCSLongitude ≤ 360

Syntax

myVariable1 = mySpacecraft1.LCSLongitude;

mySpacecraft1.LCSLongitude = myVariable1;