Spacecraft.RA Property

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Description

The right ascension of the satellite in the Spherical Element Set. This is the angle from the x-axis of the ICRF to the projection of the satellite position vector onto the fundamental plane of the coordinate frame.

 

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:

119.818289032964

Valid Range:

0 ≤ Spacecraft.RA ≤ 360

 

Syntax

myVariable1 = mySpacecraft1.RA;

 

mySpacecraft1.RA = myVariable1;

 

See also

Spacecraft Object

Spacecraft Propagation Guide

Coverage and Contact Analysis Guide