Feature-specific Tutorials

These tutorials build on the skills learned in the Beginner tutorials and Advanced tutorials. The licenses needed to complete them are identified inside each tutorial.

The Feature-specific tutorials are designed to take you through some of the more robust features of the STK software.

Tutorial Capabilities Required License Required Install
Space Mission Analysis and Design (SMAD)
Orbit Design     STK Pro, Analyzer STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Solar and Power Design     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Communications Design     STK Pro, Comm STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Digital Mission Engineering (DME)
Constellation Design and Coverage     STK Pro, Coverage, SatPro, Analyzer, Optimizer STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Hypersonics and EOIR     STK Pro, Aviator, Aviator Pro, Analysis Workbench, EOIR STK Premium (Air) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Comm Analysis and Antenna Patterns     STK Pro, Comm STK Premium (Air and Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Events and Time Components    STK Pro, Comm, Analysis Workbench STK Premium (Air and Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
STK Pro
Taking Pictures in STK     STK Pro STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Making Movies and Working with STK Models     STK Pro STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using Globe Manager in STK    STK Pro STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using External Terrain Data     STK Pro STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using Chains and Constellations     STK Pro STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using the STK AzEl Mask Tool     STK Pro STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Working with Multitrack Objects     STK Pro STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro

Tutorials grouped by STK capability

These tutorials cover either specific aspects of certain STK software capabilities or examples of how two or more capabilities can work together.

Tutorial Capabilities Required License Required Install
Analysis Workbench
Using the Calculation Tool     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using the Time Tool     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Working with Vectors in the Vector Geometry Tool     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Determine a Global Positioning System Satellite Eclipse Period     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Importing External Data Files Into STK     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Analyzer
Performing Trade Studies Using Analyzer     STK Pro, Analyzer STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Performing Radar Analysis Using Analyzer     STK Pro, Analyzer, Radar STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Performing Design of Experiments Using Analyzer     STK Pro, Analyzer, Coverage, Optimizer STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Performing Communications Analysis Using Analyzer     STK Pro, Analyzer, Communications, Coverage STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Performing Communications Interference Trade Studies Using Analyzer     STK Pro, Analyzer, Communications, Coverage STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Performing Trade Studies Using Analyzer and Astrogator     STK Pro, Analyzer, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Performing Aircraft Mission Planning Using Analyzer     STK Pro, Analyzer, Aviator STK Premium (Air) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Analyzer and the Multifunction Radar Object     STK Pro, Radar, Analyzer STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Satellite Constellation Design with Analyzer     STK Pro, Coverage, SatPro, Analyzer STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Coverage Trade Study in Mountainous Terrain     STK Pro, Coverage, Analyzer STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Astrogator
Hohmann Transfer     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Hohmann Transfer Using Targeter     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Fast Transfer Using Targeter     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Inclination Change Using Targeter     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Moon Mission Using B-Plane Targeting     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Mars Probe     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Astrogator LEO Rendezvous and Proximity Operations     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) Setup     STK Pro, Astrogator, Analysis Workbench STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Set an Initial Guess with the Astrogator Scripting Tool     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Trajectory Design with SNOPT Optimizer     STK Pro, Astrogator SNOPT + STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to Autosequences     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Spiral to GEO Using an Optimal Finite Maneuver     STK Pro, Astrogator, Analysis Workbench SNOPT + STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Maintaining GEO Slot     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Mission to Sun-Earth L1     STK Pro, Astrogator, Analysis Workbench STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Circular Restricted Three-body Problem (CR3BP) Configuration     STK Pro, Astrogator, Analysis Workbench STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Astrogator Lambert Profile LEO to GEO     STK Pro, Astrogator STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
State Transition Matrix (STM) Primer     STK Pro, Astrogator, Analysis Workbench STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Finite Maneuvers with Astrogator     STK Pro, Astrogator, Analysis Workbench STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Aviator
Aviator     STK Pro, Aviator STK Premium (Air) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Formation Flyer and Aircraft Refueling with Aviator     STK Pro, Aviator STK Premium (Air) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Communications/Radar (Comm)
SATCOM in Mountainous Terrain     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to RF Environment, System Noise Temperature and Terrain     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to Analyzing Digital and Analog Transponders     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to the Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model (TIREM)     STK Pro, TIREM, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to Modeling Propagation Loss in an Urban Environment     STK Pro, Communications, Coverage, UProp STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to STK Radar     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Ansys HFSS and STK for Communications and Radar Analysis     STK Pro, Communications, Radar STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to Communications Graphics     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using Communication Constraints to Design Communication Links     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to Radio-Frequency Interference Analysis     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using CommSystem Object Link Definitions     STK Pro, Communications, SatPro STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Evaluate Laser Communication Links     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to Multifunction Radar     STK Pro, Radar STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to the STK Synthetic Aperture Radar Capability     STK Pro, Radar, Coverage STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using the Scalable Network Modeling Interface to Analyze Communications Network Performance     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Introduction to RF Channel Modeler for Communications Analysis     STK Pro, Communications STK Pro, RF Channel Modeler STK Pro, RF Channel Modeler
Coverage
Using Coverage     STK Pro, Coverage STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Attitude Coverage     STK Pro, Coverage STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Using Chains with Coverage     STK Pro, Coverage STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Coverage Over the Satellite Graveyard     STK Pro, Coverage STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro
EOIR
LEO to GEO Space Surveillance with EOIR     STK Pro, EOIR STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Cloud Modeling with EOIR     STK Pro, EOIR STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Wildfire Imaging with EOIR     STK Pro, EOIR STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Sensor Calibration and Ground Imaging with EOIR     STK Pro, EOIR STK Premium (Air or Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro + STK Premium
Integration
Using Python Plugin Points     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench, Integration

STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise

STK Pro
SatPro
Basic Satellite Design in STK Using SatPro     STK Pro, SatPro STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Large Constellation Coverage and Conjunction Consideration     STK Pro, SatPro, Coverage, CAT, Communications STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Scheduler
Getting Started with Scheduler     STK Pro, Scheduler

Scheduler + any of STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise

STK Pro + STK Scheduler
Space Environment Effects Tool (SEET)
Determine Magnetic Conjugacy with SEET     STK Pro, SEET STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Particle Impacts with SEET     STK Pro, SEET STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Radiation Environment with SEET     STK Pro, SEET, Coverage STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Radiation Environment GCR and SEP     STK Pro, SEET STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Ionizing Radiation from the South Atlantic Anomaly (SSA) Using SEET     STK Pro, SEET STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
Mean Satellite Temperature Using SEET     STK Pro, SEET STK Premium (Space) or STK Enterprise STK Pro
SOLIS
Design an Attitude Profile for a Satellite Mission     STK Pro, SOLIS SOLIS + any of STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise STK Pro + SOLIS
Volumetric
Using the Spatial Analysis Tool with the Volumetric Object     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench, Coverage

STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise

STK Pro
Using MATLAB to Convert CSV to HDF5     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench, Coverage

STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise

STK Pro
Using External Volumetric Data in STK     STK Pro, Analysis Workbench, Coverage

STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise

STK Pro