Data Provider Groups | Data Provider Elements
Ground Range
The ground range and altitude of the vehicle over time.Available for these objects: LaunchVehicle, Missile
Type: Time-varying data.
Availability: Reports | Graphs | Dynamic Displays | Strip Charts
Data Provider Groups
Name | Description |
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TrueOfDateRotating | A variation of the Fixed system where pole wander is ignored. The equator is the same as the TrueOfDate equator and the frame spins about the TrueOfDate z-axis. |
Fixed | A coordinate system attached to the central body and rotating with it. The z-axis is nominally along the rotation axis. |
Data Provider Elements
Name | Dimension | Type | Description |
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Time | Date | Real Number or Text | Time. |
Ground Range | Distance | Real Number | The surface distance between the detic subpoint of the first position of the object and the detic subpoint of the current position at the given time. |
Alt | Distance | Real Number | The altitude value (i.e., magnitude of the relative position vector between the object and its detic subpoint). |