Provides central body intersection
information about the corner points on the sensor pattern
(currently limited to use with rectangular sensors). If one or more
corner points do not project to the surface of the central body,
the intersection locations will be reported as having geodetic
coordinates of 999 degrees longitude, 99 degrees latitude, and
Cartesian coordinates of all zeros.
Name |
Dimension |
Type |
Description |
Distance PerpToGroundTrack |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
A measure of distance to the intersection point
perpendicular to the ground track direction. Points left of the
sensor's detic subpoint are considered to have positive distances
while points right of the detic subpoint will have negative
distances. The distance is computed from the detic subpoint to the
projection of the intersection point to a plane through the detic
subpoint perpendicular to the ground track at that point. |
Altitude |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The altitude value (i.e., magnitude of the relative
position vector between the object and its detic subpoint). |
CBF X |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The X component of the position vector of the
intersection point, expressed in the sensor's central body fixed
system. |
CBF Y |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The Y component of the position vector of the
intersection point, expressed in the sensor's central body fixed
system. |
Range |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The range (i.e., distance between the primary and
secondary object) at the given time. |
CBF Z |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The Z component of the position vector of the
intersection point, expressed in the sensor's central body fixed
system. |
Point Index |
Unitless |
Integer |
Integer index of corner point which can be used to
correlate corner points at different times. |
Distance AlongGroundTrack |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
A measure of distance to the intersection point
along the ground track direction. Points forward of the sensor's
detic subpoint are considered to have positive distances while
points behind the detic subpoint will have negative distances. The
distance is computed from the detic subpoint to the projection of
the intersection point to a plane through the detic subpoint
aligned with the ground track at that point. |
Point Name |
Unitless |
Text |
Textual name of corner point which is intended to
provide a description of the location of the corner point in the
sensor pattern. For rectangular sensors, the corner point names are
MinusXMinusY, PlusXMinusy, PlusXPlusY and MinusXPlusY where the
names indicate the locations of the corner points as viewed in the
sensor body frame. |
Latitude |
LatitudeUnit |
Real Number |
The detic latitude (i.e., angle between the detic
subpoint's surface normal vector and the XY plane.) |
Longitude |
LongitudeUnit |
Real Number |
The detic longitude (i.e., angle from the X-axis
locating the projection of the detic subpoint's surface normal
vector onto the XY plane.) Longitude increases in the direction
found using the right-hand rule about the Z-axis. |
UTM Easting |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The easting value within the UTM zone for the detic
subpoint. Available only when the central body is Earth. |
UTM Zone |
Unitless |
Text |
The easting value within the UTM zone for the detic
subpoint. Available only when the central body is Earth. |
MGRS Cell |
Unitless |
Text |
The MGRS (Military Grid Reference System) code for
the cell area containing the detic subpoint. Available only when
the central body is Earth. |
UTM Northing |
DistanceUnit |
Real Number |
The northing value within the UTM zone for the
detic subpoint. Available only when the central body is Earth. |