Calculate Range

Calculate range between two crafts given their respective positions

Library

GNC/Guidance

The Calculate Range block computes the range between two crafts. The equation used for the range calculation is

$R a n g e = \sqrt{{(x_{1} - x_{2})}^{2} + {(y_{1} - y_{2})}^{2} + {(z_{1} - z_{2})}^{2}}$

Input	Dimension Type	Description
First		Contains the (x, y and z) position of craft 1.
Second		Contains the (x, y and z) position of craft 2.

Output	Dimension Type	Description
First		Contains the range from craft 2 and craft 1.

The calculated range is the magnitude of the distance, but not the direction. Therefore it is always positive or zero.

Craft positions are real values.