I was just wondering if there is a way to add the flight path of a drone (with a gnss receiver on it) to the simulation, and see which satellites (what power levels) would be present at each point of the flight.
I know that we can do a simulation with a car (with a receiver) going in a circle, but I was just wondering how it would work for a drone. (I thought about just changing to altitude, so it becomes something like harry potter’s flying car )
The method you described should work if you only need a simple circular trajectory at a constant altitude. However, if you need to do something more complex, you can try using a track playback trajectory with the vehicle type set as Airborne / Spaceborne. This will allow you to import a trajectory in the form of a timestamped csv, in ECEF, LLa, or ECI format, with smoothing and interpolation available if needed.
I just want to add that if you want to see which satellites (what power levels) would be present at each point of the flight, you can easily automate it with the RAPI.
To do so you have the following commands: GetVisibleSatellites(system) and GetSatellitePower(system, prn).
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