View and animate satellite in orbit

This example shows how to view the satellite in ascending node.

1. In the Orbital Heating dialog box, in the View group, click Display.

2. In the Orbit Visualizer, choose View Options group→Ascending Node to view the satellite traveling south to north over the planet's surface in the graphics window.

3. (Optional) Choose File Operations group→Options to open the Display Options dialog box and specify how the orbit is displayed in the graphics window.On the Filters tab, select or clear the entities you want to show or hide.On the Size tab, set the size of the model, the triads and the Satellite-Sun and Satellite vectors.Click Dismiss to apply the changes.

4. (Optional) Click Information to read the text summary of the defined orbital heating simulation object.

5. (Optional) Click Previous or Next to display different calculation positions, or Play to animate the orbit.

6. Click to exit Orbit Visualizer.

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