Mission Control Sequence
The Mission Control Sequence (MCS) is the core of your space mission scenario. The MCS functions as a graphical programming language, in which mission segments dictate how Astrogator calculates the trajectory of the spacecraft based on the general settings that you specify for the MCS itself.
When you select Astrogator as the propagator for a satellite object, the Orbit properties page transforms to a specialized layout in which you can define the spacecraft's MCS.
If Astrogator appears dimmed in the propagator drop-down list box, you need an Astrogator license. Find out how to get a license on the licensing help page.
The left side of the MCS is represented schematically by a tree structure - which lists the segments that make up the MCS and depicts their relationships to each other - and the MCS Toolbar - which contains buttons that perform various MCS and individual segment operations. By default, the MCS contains Initial State and Propagate segments which produce a low-Earth orbit. The right side of the window contains the parameters of the segment that is currently selected in the MCS Tree.
The MCS Toolbar
The MCS toolbar contains buttons that enable you to define the MCS and perform related operations. The following table identifies each of the buttons on the toolbar; click the name of a button to be redirected to help about its function.
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Results...
Beneath the MCS Tree is the Results... button, which enables you to specify calculation objects to be reported and targeted for each segment. Clicking this button opens the User-Selected Results window, in which you can select calculation objects to include in the summary report for the currently selected segment, and to target when defining a Differential Corrector Target Sequence profile. In addition to using the button, you can open the User-Selected Results window by right-clicking a segment and selecting Results... from the drop-down menu.
Initial and Final Fields
The Initial and Final fields beneath the segment parameters area are clear for every segment in the MCS and serve the same purpose for each; the Initial field displays the scenario time and date at the beginning of the currently selected segment, while the Final field displays the scenario time and date at the end of that segment. If a segment is not yet run, these fields are marked "Not Set" for that segment - since these values are not determined until the segment runs.