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

NameDescription
TrueOfDateRotatingA 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.
FixedA coordinate system attached to the central body and rotating with it. The z-axis is nominally along the rotation axis.

Data Provider Elements

NameDimensionTypeDescription
TimeDateReal Number or TextTime.
Ground RangeDistanceReal NumberThe 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.
AltDistanceReal NumberThe altitude value (i.e., magnitude of the relative position vector between the object and its detic subpoint).