Spacecraft.RAAN Property

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Description

The Keplerian right ascension of the ascending node (RAAN). The angle, measured at the center of the central body, from the vernal equinox to the ascending node. The ascending node is the point where the satellite crosses the fundamental plane of the ICRF going from south to north.

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.

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

Attributes

Type:	number
Access:	read/write
Units:	deg
Default Value:	301.979826055462
Valid Range:	0 ≤ Spacecraft.RAAN ≤ 360

Syntax

myVariable1 = mySpacecraft1.RAAN;

mySpacecraft1.RAAN = myVariable1;