SatelliteModel (file format)

Properties of a satellite to model non-conservative forces (e.g. miscAccelerations). The file may contain surface properties, mass, drag coefficients, and antenna thrust values.

See SatelliteModelCreate and SinexMetadata2SatelliteModel.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<groops type="satelliteModel" version="20190429">
   <satelliteCount>1</satelliteCount>
   <satellite>
       <satelliteName>GALILEO-2</satelliteName>
       <mass>7.00000000000000e+02</mass>
       <coefficientDrag>0.00000000000000e+00</coefficientDrag>
       <surfaceCount>15</surfaceCount>
       <surface>
           <type>0</type>
           <normal>
               <x>-1.00000000000000e+00</x>
               <y>0.00000000000000e+00</y>
               <z>0.00000000000000e+00</z>
           </normal>
           <area>4.40000000000000e-01</area>
           <reflexionVisible>0.00000000000000e+00</reflexionVisible>
           <diffusionVisible>7.00000000000000e-02</diffusionVisible>
           <absorptionVisible>9.30000000000000e-01</absorptionVisible>
           <reflexionInfrared>1.00000000000000e-01</reflexionInfrared>
           <diffusionInfrared>1.00000000000000e-01</diffusionInfrared>
           <absorptionInfrared>8.00000000000000e-01</absorptionInfrared>
           <hasThermalReemission>1</hasThermalReemission>
       </surface>
       ...
       <modulCount>2</modulCount>
       <modul>
           <type>1</type>
           <rotationAxis>
               <x>0.00000000000000e+00</x>
               <y>1.00000000000000e+00</y>
               <z>0.00000000000000e+00</z>
           </rotationAxis>
           <normal>
               <x>0.00000000000000e+00</x>
               <y>0.00000000000000e+00</y>
               <z>1.00000000000000e+00</z>
           </normal>
           <surface>
               <count>4</count>
               <cell>11</cell>
               <cell>12</cell>
               <cell>13</cell>
               <cell>14</cell>
           </surface>
       </modul>
       <modul>
           <type>2</type>
           <antennaThrust>
               <x>0.00000000000000e+00</x>
               <y>0.00000000000000e+00</y>
               <z>2.65000000000000e+02</z>
           </antennaThrust>
       </modul>
   </satellite>
</groops>