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Report Style: Attitude Quaternions

The attitude quaternion of the vehicle's body axes computed with respect to the vehicle's central body inertial coordinate system. The quaternion components q1, q2, and q3 are the vector components of the quaternion; q4 is the scalar part.

Data Provider:Attitude Quaternions

Type: Time-varying data.

Availability: Reports | Dynamic Displays

Column Listing

Column	Column Name	Element	Type	Dimension	Description
1	Time	Time	Real Number or Text	Date	Time.
2	q1	q1	Real Number	Unitless	First element of quaternion (and of its vector part) representing the orientation between the body and Inertial axes.
3	q2	q2	Real Number	Unitless	Second element of quaternion (and of its vector part) representing the orientation between the body and Inertial axes.
4	q3	q3	Real Number	Unitless	Third element of quaternion (and of its vector part) representing the orientation between the body and Inertial axes.
5	q4	q4	Real Number	Unitless	Fourth element of quaternion (its scalar part) representing the orientation between the body and Inertial axes.