Satellite Visibility

The software creates the Satellite Visibility tab when all of the following conditions occur:

Channel Packing is set to Manual
The Create Scenario button is clicked
The software detects a satellite conflict (more than eight satellites over a segment of the scenario) during the scenario generation

The Satellite Visibility tab displays all available satellites across the duration of the scenario. For most scenarios, the number of visible satellites is not constant across the duration of the scenario. Since the ESG supports a maximum of eight satellite channels at the same time, the interval during which there are more than eight visible satellites is called a conflict region. Red boxes at the bottom indicate conflict regions that must be manually resolved. The Satellite Visibility tab closes and the scenario generation resumes when the channel packing is done (all conflicts resolved). While the satellite conflicts remain, the Scenario Generator properties are grayed out (inactive) and the software will not generate the scenario file.

The figure below shows the Satellite Visibility tab with five conflict regions. To view a conflict region on the software, double-click a red box. This highlights the Closed conflict region and launches the Manual Channel Packing Closed dialog box that is used to deselect the unwanted satellites within the highlighted conflict region.

The hint text at the bottom of the window provides steps on resolving conflict regions. For more detailed information on resolving a conflict region, see the tutorial Resolving a Satellite Conflict Region.

To hide the hint information at the bottom of the window and expand the satellite visibility graphic, Closed click the information icon