Astrogator FAQs

Procedural description of Volumetric Analysis

• Aug 1, 2016
• FAQ

Volumetric Analysis combines the flexibility of Analysis Workbench with the Spatial Analysis capabilities of Coverage. You can define a variety of...

How to Place a Satellite at a Lagrange Point

• Nov 6, 2019
• FAQ

This is how to place a satellite at any Lagrange point by creating an ephemeris file with the point's coordinates from Analysis Workbench

Is There a FlexNet Alternative to the Ansys License Manager (ALM)?

• Feb 20, 2024
• FAQ

Yes. The Ansys Enterprise License Manager (AELM) is a minimum FlexLM file set that you can run at the command line. This is the best option when...

Does STK Run in a Virtual Environment?

• Oct 23, 2015
• FAQ

You can run STK with accelerated graphics in virtualized environments when properly configured on systems that meet sufficient hardware and...

Top Reasons Why a COM-registered UI Plugin Does Not Work

• Aug 1, 2016
• FAQ

Why Doesn't My License Work? (Legacy STK Only)

• May 28, 2015
• FAQ

This article reviews a list of reasons why and provides recommended actions to get the legacy license working.

How do You Perform Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Analysis with STK?

• Jun 15, 2018
• How To

How To Do a Data Update if STK's or ODTK's Online Operations Are Blocked on My Network

• Sep 15, 2015
• FAQ

This article provides an alternative means of doing a data update when your network is blocking the Data Update Utility.

How to Import Sentinel-2 Imagery for Offline Visualization

• Jun 26, 2023
• FAQ

This article demonstrates how to import L2A color imagery from the Sentinel-2 mission into STK for offline visualization.

How to Set Up a User-defined, Periodic Square Wave in Analysis Workbench

• Nov 6, 2017
• How To

License Increment Selection When Starting the STK Application from a Program

• Jul 8, 2025
• FAQ

This article describes how to choose which STK license increments to use when you start the STK application from a scripting language.

Coverage Grid Spacing Algorithm

• Jul 31, 2015
• FAQ

This article describes how STK calculates grid points based on grid resolution.

Can I Change the Default View for the STK Data Federate (SDF)?

• Feb 8, 2019
• FAQ

This article provides simple steps to changing the default view.

How can I Use Terrain for the Moon, Mars, or Another Body in My Scenario?

• May 27, 2015
• FAQ

Change your scenario central body and import your data in the Planetary Data System (PDS) format.

How do you Update Your Graphics Card Driver?

• Jun 29, 2016
• FAQ

This article contains instructions on how to update your graphics card driver.

How to Model Clouds in EOIR

• Dec 15, 2020
• FAQ

This describes the formatting of cloud data and how to bring it into STK EOIR.

Using STK to Verify the Results in AIAA 2006-6753 Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3 (RSTR3)

• Nov 13, 2015
• FAQ

This article provides steps you can take using STK to propagate the TLE found in Appendix D of RSTR3 to return the same position results as in...

Do I Need to Install the STK Help?

• Mar 29, 2018
• FAQ

For STK versions 11.7 and later, both STK Desktop Help and STK Programming Help are optional for installation.

Will STK Run on Windows 7 N?

• May 27, 2015
• FAQ

Yes, but you must first install Windows Media Player, which is an STK dependency. Windows 7 N does not include Windows Media Player.

STK Analyzer Basic Macros Example

• Feb 28, 2017
• FAQ

This article provides an example of how to use STK Analyzer macros by showing you how to set up an automatic save operation after a specified...