MATLAB STK Connection: How to calculate coverage time for a coverage definition

I wrote a code to create a coverage definition, altering its properties, creating a Figure of Merit (FoM), and creating a satellite constellation to compute its coverage using the FoM.

The problem is extracting the FoM values using the data providers if anyone can help. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

[Prathamesh]

Hi @Hossam,

I understand that you are working with STK. You wrote a code to create a coverage definition, altering its properties, creating a Figure of Merit (FoM), and creating a satellite constellation to compute its coverage using the FoM and you want to extract the FoM values using the data providers.

Here's how you can extract FoM values:

1. Access the FoM object

Fom = coverageDefinition.Children.Item('YourFoMName'); 

2. Access the Data Provider

dp = fom.DataProviders.Item('Value By Time');

3.Execute the Data Provider

result = dp.ExecElements({startTime, stopTime, timeStep});

4. Extract the data

times = result.DataSets.GetDataSetByName('Time').GetValues;
values = result.DataSets.GetDataSetByName('Figure Of Merit').GetValues;

Now times and values will contain the time series of your FoM.

Hope this helps