Astrogator FAQs

Uncertainties File for Position Accuracy L3 Tutorial

• Jul 27, 2022
• FAQ

This provides the uncertainties file for you to use in the level 3 STK tutorial called "Position Accuracy in Mountainous Terrain."

How Do You Find the Orbital Plane Revolution Duration?

• May 11, 2016
• FAQ

If you want to find when an orbital plane of a LEO satellite will revolve around the Earth, you can calculate this with the STK's Analysis...

Line-of-sight Analysis from Shapefile Building Data

• Apr 27, 2016
• FAQ

Convert shapefile data into STK-readable terrain data, which you can then use for line-of-sight analysis.

Low-thrust Spiral Examples to L4, L5, and the Moon

• Feb 15, 2022
• FAQ

This gives a few examples of how to use STK to model low-thrust spirals to the Moon and Lagrange points.

Rotate and Translate an Aviator (AMM) Route

• Nov 4, 2015
• FAQ

This article explains how to rotate and translate an Aviator (Aircraft Mission Modeler) route.

Why does my Astrogator satellite only propagate for 100 days?

• May 22, 2015
• FAQ

What are the definitions and equations for circular aperture antenna parameters?

• May 21, 2015
• FAQ

How do I edit my license file?

• May 27, 2015
• FAQ

You can only manually edit certain fields and entries without re-encrypting the file. This FAQ describes these values.

Retrieving Files From STK Cloud

• Aug 4, 2021
• FAQ

These are the steps for using STK Data Federate to retrieve files created on STK Cloud.

How do I load an STK Viewer file into Microsoft PowerPoint?

• May 21, 2015
• FAQ

STK Viewer comes with an ActiveX control that can be loaded into PowerPoint so that you can display Viewer files (VDFs) in a presentation. This...

How to change the sensor intersection detail with terrain

• Mar 31, 2016
• FAQ

Create 3D View that Stays Centered on Foreground Object While Keeping Background Object in View

• Mar 6, 2017
• How To

This article contains instructions on how to create a 3D view that stays centered on the foreground object while keeping background object in view.

Loading EOIR Texture Maps From NASA's Earthdata

• Aug 9, 2022
• How To

This article explains how to load high-fidelity texture maps from NASA's Earthdata HDF sources.

Use the Custom Inline Script for Volumetric Analyses

• Jun 6, 2018
• How To

RT3 and DSIM Display Manager Setup

• Apr 29, 2020
• How To

RT3 and DSIM Display Manager Setup

How to use MATLAB to visualize body mask file az/el pairs

• Oct 17, 2016
• FAQ

Check your custom AzEl masks in MATLAB to make sure that you understand what you are seeing in STK

Python Integration Tutorial Attribute Error

• Jun 27, 2019
• FAQ

A fix to the following error that appears fairly regularly: AttributeError: module 'comtypes.gen.AgUiApplicationLib' has no attribute...

How to keep an EOIR Sensor from Rendering When There are No Objects to See?

• Feb 16, 2017
• How To

The EOIR sensor will still render the image even if the target of your analysis is not in the FOV. Follow the "How to" to find out how to specify...

Saving Analysis Workbench Components Between Scenarios

• Jan 10, 2019
• FAQ

Performing Basic Station-keeping with Autosequences

• Aug 12, 2024
• How To

This article shows an example of applying autosequences to station-keeping for a GEO satellite.