Aerospace Toolbox 2.8

Latest Features

Released: 1 Sep 2011

Version 2.8, part of Release 2011b, includes bug fixes.

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Released: 8 Apr 2011

Version 2.7, part of Release 2011a, includes the following enhancements:

lla2flat function that estimates flat Earth position from geodetic latitude, longitude, and altitude
flat2lla function that estimates geodetic latitude, longitude, and altitude coordinates from a flat Earth position
igrf11magm function that calculates the Earth’s magnetic field and secular variation at a specified location and time
gravitysphericalharmonic function with an additional Earth (EIGEN-GL04C) gravity model

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Released: 3 Sep 2010

Version 2.6, part of Release 2010b, includes the following enhancements:

New geoidheight function that implements the geopotential model to calculate geoid heights for Earth (EGM96, EGM2008), plus the capability to customize the effect
FlightGear animation object support for FlightGear 2.0
datcomimport function enhanced for type 21 and type 6 DATCOM 2008 files, with new support for type 42 files

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Released: 5 Mar 2010

Version 2.5, part of Release 2010a, includes the following enhancements:

New gas dynamics functions for isentropic flow, normal shock, Rayleigh flow, Fanno flow, and Prandtl-Meyer flow calculations
New function implementing gravity centrifugal effect for eight planets, and the Moon, plus the capability to customize this effect
New function implementing spherical harmonic gravity models for Earth (EGM2008, EGM96), Moon (LP100K, LP165P), and Mars (GMM2B), plus the capability to customize these models
Updated function to include world magnetic model for years 2010-2015 (WMM-2010)

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Released: 4 Sep 2009

Version 2.4, part of Release 2009b, includes the following enhancements:

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