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So this is a pretty specific question, and one that has been puzzling me for a while. Either I'm missing something very basic...or. Anyway, here goes :
There's a flight, that has a dish on it. The flight's dish has reported to me some data : Latititude, Longitude of the flight, Azimuth angle (of satellite relative to flight body), and Elevation angle (of satellite relative to flight body ). I also have satellite longitude (and I know that the satellite is geosynchronous).
From the above I do two things.
1) Using Lat, Lon, Satellite Longitude, I assume level flight and nose of flight pointed north and calculate (x1,y1,z1) of the satellite. ( A unit vector really, pointing in the satellite's direction )
2) Using the Az El reported by the flight, I calculate with the (x2,y2,z2) really is according to the orientation of the flight (shifted co-ordinate frame).
If I calculate the rotation matrix between these two points, should I be able to solve for heading, bank, and attitude of the flight?
Thanks,
Kupa.
There's a flight, that has a dish on it. The flight's dish has reported to me some data : Latititude, Longitude of the flight, Azimuth angle (of satellite relative to flight body), and Elevation angle (of satellite relative to flight body ). I also have satellite longitude (and I know that the satellite is geosynchronous).
From the above I do two things.
1) Using Lat, Lon, Satellite Longitude, I assume level flight and nose of flight pointed north and calculate (x1,y1,z1) of the satellite. ( A unit vector really, pointing in the satellite's direction )
2) Using the Az El reported by the flight, I calculate with the (x2,y2,z2) really is according to the orientation of the flight (shifted co-ordinate frame).
If I calculate the rotation matrix between these two points, should I be able to solve for heading, bank, and attitude of the flight?
Thanks,
Kupa.