# Test Configuration: Molniya Orbit # Earth as root body with highly elliptical, highly inclined satellite orbit # Molniya orbit parameters: # - Period: ~718 minutes (~12 hours) # - Eccentricity: 0.74 # - Inclination: 63.4° # - Argument of perigee: 270° (apogee at northernmost point) # - Perigee altitude: ~600 km # - Apogee altitude: ~39,700 km # - Semi-major axis: ~26,600 km [[bodies]] name = "Earth" mass = 5.972e24 radius = 6.371e6 parent_index = -1 color = { r = 0.0, g = 0.5, b = 1.0 } orbit = { semi_major_axis = 0.0, eccentricity = 0.0, true_anomaly = 0.0 } [[spacecraft]] name = "Molniya_Satellite" mass = 1000.0 parent_index = 0 orbit = { semi_major_axis = 26540000.0, eccentricity = 0.74, true_anomaly = 0.0, inclination = 1.107, longitude_of_ascending_node = 0.0, argument_of_periapsis = 4.71 }