Chain: Access AER Data
Reports the azimuth, elevation and range, computed via the Access Tool,
as a function of time between pairs of objects in a Chain during intervals
in which the pair participates in a strand that completes the chain.
The report is organized into sub-sections that report over each interval.
The pair that is being reported is shown as a title before the first
sub-section that includes intervals for that pair. Values are reported during
each strand access interval that lies within the requested report intervals.
The azimuth and elevation angles are reported with respect to a frame determined
by the first object. The azimuth angle is the angle from the X axis
(positive about the Z-axis) to the projection of the apparent relative position
vector into the XY plane. The elevation is the angle of the apparent relative position
vector from the XY plane, with positive angles being used
when the vector has a negative Z component. When the first object is a Facility, Place, or Target,
the XYZ frame is Topocentric (X aligned with North, Y aligned with East, and Z aligned with the
detic nadir of the detic subpoint of the first object with respect to its central body).
When the first object is a Satellite, Missile, or LaunchVehicle, the XYZ frame is CbiVVLH
(inertial vehicle velocity local horizontal frame, with the Z axis aligned with the
anti-radial direction and the X axis constrained toward the inertial velocity direction).
When the first object is an Aircraft, GroundVehicle, or Ship, the XYZ frame is CbfVVLH
(fixed vehicle velocity local horizontal frame, with the Z axis aligned with the
anti-radial direction and the X axis constrained toward the central body fixed
velocity direction) when the central body fixed velocity is not close to zero; when
the velocity is close to zero, then the Topocentric frame is used. When the first object
is a Sensor, then the frame is determined by its parent object as described above.
Type: Time-varying data. Intended to be used only with elements from this same data provider.
Availability: Reports | Graphs