Problem-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 Problem-specific tutorials are designed to use a variety of the Ansys Systems Tool Kit^® (STK^®) digital mission engineering software's capabilities and features to solve a specific problem.

Tutorial	Capabilities	Required License	Required Install
Basic Satellite Scenario Design in STK    Learn to use the STK software with this basic satellite imaging scenario. Skills Covered: STK Fundamentals, basic orbit propagation, Access	STK Pro	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Introduction to STK     Model a real-world satellite's orbit and the ability to view it overhead. Skills Covered: Sat DB, Constraints, Access	STK Pro	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Sensor Design in STK     Model the ability for a satellite and ground facility system to track an aircraft through the extensive use of sensors and access calculations. Skills Covered: Sensors, Orbit Propagation, Aircraft: Great Arc, Access	STK Pro	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Drive STK with Connect Commands and Excel     Model a Predator mission that photographs locations near Mt. St. Helens using STK Connect to help automate the process. Skills Covered: Connect	STK Pro	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Modeling Near-real-time Relays in STK     Model a complete satellite imaging system and its relay capability through the use of Chain objects to image a location that is visually enhanced with a KML model. Skills Covered: KML files in the STK application, Chains, and Constellations	STK Pro	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Satellite Collection Object: How to Use External Files     Analyze multiple satellites with the Satellite Collection object, and use metadata and subsets to further your analysis.	STK Pro, Coverage	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Satellite Collection Object: Using SP3 Files     Analyze a group of satellites as a single object using SP3 files.	STK Pro, Coverage	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Getting Started with Coverage     Use the STK software's Coverage capability to model the area viewed by three satellites over the course of a day. Analyze the ability for the satellites to simultaneously cover an area and determine the amount of time locations are covered in a 24-hour period. Skills Covered: Coverage	STK Pro, Coverage	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Modeling GPS Position Accuracy Using Coverage     Use the STK software's Coverage capability to model the area covered by an aircraft as it flies across the US. Additionally, model the ability of the aircraft to get accurate GPS measurements along its route, during its flight. Skills Covered: Coverage, Single Object Coverage	STK Pro, Coverage	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Position Accuracy in Mountainous Terrain     Determine the positional uncertainty of GPS measurements, pinpointing a ground location during simulated air strikes, in a mountainous area. Skills Covered: Terrain & Imagery, Access, GPS Satellites, Coverage	STK Pro, Coverage	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Create a Multihop Communication Link     Model a ship's ability to communicate with another ship using a Ka-band signal and satellite S-band relay as it passes through the Panama Canal. Skills Covered: Communications	STK Pro, Communications	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
STK Radio Frequency (RF) Spectrum Filters     Prioritize satellite communication using filtering in the STK application. Skills Covered: Communications Filtering	STK Pro, Communications	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Electromagnetic Spectrum Analysis    Build a scenario that simulates a portion for a proposed constellation of LEO satellites, and determine if any of those satellites interupt data transferred between a GEO satellite and a ship. Skills Covered: STK Pro, Spectrum Analyzer, Constellations, Comm	STK Pro, SatPro, Communications	STK Premium Space or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Carrier-to-Noise Ratio in the LEO, MEO, and GEO Zones    Use the Comm System object to determine communications with the LEO satellites, and use the Volumetrics object to visualize potential radio frequency (RF) in the LEO, MEO and GEO volume of space. Skills Covered: STK Pro, Volumetrics, Constellations, Comm, Chains, Analysis Workbench	STK Pro, Analysis Workbench, Aviator, Communications, Coverage, SatPro, Volumetric Analysis	STK Premium (Air and Space) or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
GPS Reception and Interference     Use the STK software's Communications capability to determine the effect of jamming on communications. Skills Covered: STK Fundamentals, basic orbit propagation, Access	STK Pro, Communications, Aviator, TIREM	STK Premium Air or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Radar Tracking and Jamming     Model a UAV test to determine if a radar system can track the UAV, and determine whether an experimental tethered aerostat can jam the surveillance radar. Skills Covered: Terrain & Imagery, Aircraft modeling using Aviator, Radar modeling	STK Pro, Aviator, TIREM, Radar	STK Premium Air or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Aviator VTOL and Terrain Following     Model a helicopter test flight in mountainous terrain. Skills Covered: Terrain & Imagery, VTOL modeling using Aviator, Terrain Following using Aviator	STK Pro, Aviator	STK Premium Air or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Measuring Power Generation of Solar Panels on a Satellite     Perform long-term analysis of the potential power generation on board an aging satellite. Skills Covered: Solar Panel Tool	STK Pro, SatPro	STK Premium Space or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Introduction to Satellite Maneuver Planning with Astrogator     Identify an appropriate launch window for a satellite, and then determine what would be required to circularize the orbit of the satellite once it separates from the launch vehicle. Skills Covered: Astrogator	STK Pro, Astrogator	STK Premium Space or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Using Astrogator and ODTK Together     Use the STK and ODTK applications in conjunction with one another to analyze and refine the maneuevers required for a successful Hohmann transfer based on the tracking data for launch that did not proceed exactly as planned.Skills Covered: Astrogator, ODTK	STK Pro, Astrogator	STK Premium Space or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Will Terrain Obstruct My Ability to Detect a Low-flying Airborne Platform?     Build an STK scenario that will help you determine the placement of Blue Force mobile tracking radars that can search for and track a Red Force cruise missile headed toward base camp. Skills Covered:Pro, Comm	STK Pro	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Will My RF Receiver Experience Interference During a Range Test Flight?     To keep your satellites safe, you need to analyze any possible conjunctions with other satellites. Skills Covered: Comm	STK Pro, Communications, Radar	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Quadcopter Design and Performance Analysis Over Terrain     Design a quadcopter using the STK software's Aviator Pro capability that models and analyzes a communication tower. Skills Covered: Cov, Aviator Pro, Constraints, Access	STK Pro, Aviator Pro, Communications, TIREM	STK Premium Air or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Analyzing Potential Satellite Conjunctions     Use the Conjunction Analysis Tool to analyze a potential satellite conjunction. Skills Covered: Conjunction Analysis	STK Pro, Conjunction Analysis	STK Premium Space or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Assessing the Threat of a Collision Using the Advanced CAT Tool     Two satellites are in close proximity. You want to determine the distance between the objects at the time of closest approach based on a fixed threat volume and object location. This enables you to determine the probability of a collision. Skills Covered: AdvCAT	STK Pro, SatPro, Conjunction Analysis	STK Premium Space or STK Enterprise	STK Pro
Evaluate HF Communication Links     You want to determine high-frequency (HR) communication link budgets. Use the STK software's Communications capability and the VOACAP Radio Requency Environmental Model to take sky wave propagation, sunlight / darkness at the transmission and reception sites, season, sunspots, and solar activity into consideration. Skills Covered: Pro, Comm, Cov	STK Pro, Communications, Coverage	STK Pro, STK Premium (Air or Space), or STK Enterprise	STK Pro