Description
This property has been Deprecated. Please use Spacecraft.InShadow() instead.
Returns either a '1' or a '0' value indicating the Spacecraft is in any portion of either the Earth's or Moon's Shadow based on a penumbral condition.
The three regions of the spacecraft's central body's shadow, the umbra, penumbra, and annular, are shown in the diagram below. If a spacecraft is in any of the three regions of the shadow, Shadow returns a value of 1. A spherical central body and spherical Sun are assumed.
The three regions of the Spacecraft's central body's shadow.
Timing Precision Mode
This page describes functionality in nanosecond timing precision mode.
Attributes
Type: |
boolean |
Access: |
read |
Syntax
myVariable1 = mySpacecraft1.Shadow; |
See also
Coverage and Contact Analysis Guide