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Aero.spacecraft.PhysicalProperties

Physical properties of spacecraft used by numerical orbit propagator

Since R2024b

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    Description

    Physical properties of numerical orbit propagator.

    Creation

    Description

    prop = Aero.spacecraft.PhysicalProperties creates a scalar Aero.spacecraft.PhysicalProperties object prop using default properties.

    prop = Aero.spacecraft.PhysicalProperties(Name=Value) creates a scalar or a vector of Aero.spacecraft.PhysicalProperties objects using additional parameters specified by one or more name-value arguments.

    Properties

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    These properties can be specified as name-value arguments. These properties can be specified as scalar or vector inputs. The vector inputs must have equal length. When all inputs are scalar, prop is also a scalar. If at least one input is a vector, prop is a vector of the same length. The property values corresponding to scalar inputs are the same for all elements in prop. For vector inputs, the property value of the i-th element of prop equals that of the i-th element of the corresponding vector input.

    Spacecraft mass in kg, specified as a nonnegative scalar or vector.

    Spacecraft drag coefficient, specified as a nonnegative scalar or vector. When specified as a scalar, the value is applied to all spacecraft in sat.

    Spacecraft drag area, in m2, specified as a nonnegative scalar or vector.

    Reflectivity coefficient of the spacecraft, specified as a positive scalar or vector.

    Solar radiation pressure area, in m2, specified as a nonnegative scalar.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2024b

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