Spacecraft.SunTerminatorCrossingTimes Method

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Description

Returns time of entry into darkness, entry into light, and duration in darkness of the spacecraft sub-satellite point. Darkness is defined to be the period when the spacecraft sub-satellite point is within the Earth-Umbra cone.

 

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.

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Overload List

Signatures

Return Value

Description

Spacecraft.SunTerminatorCrossingTimes()

String

Returns time of entry into darkness, entry into light, and duration in darkness of the spacecraft sub-satellite point. Darkness is defined to be the period when the spacecraft sub-satellite point is within the Earth-Umbra cone.

Spacecraft.SunTerminatorCrossingTimes(Array EventTime, Array EventType)

Variable

Returns time of entry into darkness, entry into light, and duration in darkness of the spacecraft sub-satellite point. Darkness is defined to be the period when the spacecraft sub-satellite point is within the Earth-Umbra cone.

 

 

See also

Spacecraft Object

Spacecraft.CardinalPoints

Spacecraft Propagation Guide

Coverage and Contact Analysis Guide