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STK Start Training Manual STK Level 1 and Level 2 Training Manual STK VERSION 12.2, AUGUST, 2021 © 2021 ANALYTICAL GRAPHICS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Page 1 of 388 www.agi.com Table of Contents STK Level 1 and Level 2 Training Manual 1 Table of Contents 2 Level 1 - Beginner Training 24 Free License 24 Lesson One: Build Scenarios 26 Problem Statement 26 Solution 26 What You Will Learn 26 Video Guidance 27 Set Up a New STK Scenario 27 Changing Central Body 27 Creating a New Scenario 27 Saving the Scenario 29 The STK Workspace 29 Menus and Tools 30 Object Browser 30 Understand the STK Windows 30 Understand the 2D Graphics Window 31 2D Window Defaults Toolbar 31 2D Graphics Toolbar 31 Microsoft Bing™ Maps 32 3D Graphics Window 32 Using the Mouse 33 Page 2 of 388 www.agi.com 3D Graphics Defaults Toolbar 33 3D Graphics Toolbar 33 Globe Manager 34 Terrain Server 35 Animation Toolbar 36 Timeline View 37 Time Display 37 Summary 38 Lesson Two: Objects and Properties 39 Problem Statement 39 Solution 39 What You Will Learn 39 Video Guidance 40 Creating a New Scenario 40 Updating STK Databases 40 Create the New Scenario 41 Modifying Properties 41 Basic Time 41 Basic Units 42 Basic Database 42 Description 42 Global Attributes 42 Insert STK Objects Tool 44 New Object Preferences 45 Objects and Methods 45 Page 3 of 388 www.agi.com Satellite Object 46 View in 3D 51 Set the Nadir alignment back to ECI velocity constraint 53 Aircraft Object 56 Renaming Objects 57 Properties 57 View in the Graphics windows 61 Set the Animation Time 64 View in 3D 64 View in 3D 66 View in the Graphics windows 67 View in 3D 68 Animate the Scenario 69 Area Target Object 70 View in 2D 71 View in 3D 72 3D Graphics Window Properties - Label Declutter 73 Summary 79 Lesson Three: Access Report and Graphs 80 Problem Statement 80 Solution 80 What You Will Learn 80 Video Guidance 81 Create a New Scenario 81 Satellite Tracking Station 81 Page 4 of 388 www.agi.com Streaming Terrain from a Terrain Server 83 Castle Rock Teleport Properties 83 Castle Rock Teleport Field-of-View 84 Sensor Object Field-of-View 85 Set the Half Angle 85 Insert Satellites 86 The Access Tool 87 2D Graphics Window 88 Timeline View 89 Access Report 90 Access Graph 90 Azimuth Elevation Range Report (AER) 91 External Reports and Graphs 92 View Outside of STK 93 Extend the Sensor's Range 93 Refresh the Access Report 94 Report Units 94 Quick Reports 95 View the quick report 95 Setting the Scenario Time from a Report 96 Stored View Tool 96 The Report & Graph Manager 98 Styles 99 Groups, Data Providers and Elements 100 Data Providers by Object 101 Page 5 of 388 www.agi.com Units 102 Report Contents 102 Dynamic Display 104 3D Graphics Data Display 104 View the Data 105 Summary 106 Lesson Four: Movies and Visual Data Files 107 Problem Statement 107 Solution 107 What You Will Learn 107 Video Guidance 108 Create a New Scenario 108 Post Typhoon Aerial Photography Flight Route 109 Naha 109 Amami Oshima 109 Minamidaito 110 3D Graphics Window Properties - Label Declutter 110 Mission Aircraft 111 Create Waypoints 112 Adjust Altitude, Speed and Turn Radius 113 Adjust the Attitude 114 Change the Aircraft Object Model 114 Preparing the Scene 114 View in 3D 115 Edit PhotoMission's properties 116 Page 6 of 388 www.agi.com 3D Graphics Data Display 117 3D Graphics Window Size 118 Setting Animation Time 118 Movie Timeline Plugin 119 Movie Wizard 119 Filename & Format 119 Window 120 Resolution 120 Camera 121 Time & Length 121 Size & Quality 122 Record 122 Resetting the Scenario Animation Time 123 Creating Reports with Your Video 123 Save as Quick Reports 124 Visual Data File (VDF) 124 Windows File Explorer 125 Creating a VDF 125 STK Viewer 126 Open the VDF 126 Summary 127 On Your Own 127 Lesson Five: Introduction to Connect 128 Problem Statement 128 Solution 128 Page 7 of 388 www.agi.com What You Will Learn 128 Video Guidance 129 Create a New Scenario 129 Prepare STK 129 The HTML Viewer 129 API Demo Utility 130 New Command 130 Connect Command Library 132 Alphabetical Listing 132 SetPosition Command 133 Move the Facility () Object and Attach a Sensor () Object 133 Add a Satellite () Object 134 Propagate the Satellite (Satellite) Object 134 Insert an Aircraft () Object 135 Modify the Aircraft () Object 136 Compute an Access 136 Add Vectors 137 Summary 138 Become Level 1: STK Certified 139 What's in the Test? 139 STK Level 2 - Advanced 141 Evaluation License 141 Optional Third-Party Programs 141 Part 2: Introduction to STK Pro 144 Problem Statement 144 Page 8 of 388 www.agi.com Solution 144 Create a New Scenario 145 U.S. Geological Survey Data 146 Analytical Terrain 146 Terrain Regions Display 147 Color Elevation Imagery 148 2D Graphics Imagery 150 Imagery and Terrain Converter 151 Imagery 151 Terrain 152 Globe Manager 152 Insert the GPS Tracking Device 154 Define an Azimuth-Elevation Mask 154 Display the Azimuth-Elevation Mask 155 Constellation Objects 156 Chain Objects 157 Complete Chain Access 158 Individual Strand Access 159 Save Your Work 160 On Your Own 160 Part 3: Create an AzEl Mask from a 3D Model 161 AzEl Mask Tool 161 Part 4: Customize Analysis with Analysis Workbench 169 Problem Statement 169 Solution 169 Page 9 of 388 www.agi.com What You Will Learn 169 Create a New Scenario 170 Disable Terrain Server 171 Satellite Tracking Station 171 Recently Launched Satellite 172 Calculate Access 172 Vector Geometry Tool 173 Open Tracking Station's Properties 173 Display Sun Vector 173 Show Sun Vector 174 Show To Vector 174 Show Magnitude 175 View To Vector 175 Create a Custom Angle 176 Open Analysis Workbench Tools 176 Create a Between Vectors Angle 176 Select the From Vector 177 Select the To Vector 177 Display the Custom Angle 178 View Tracking Angle 178 Calculation Tool 179 Scalar 179 Create a Scalar 180 Define Scalar Calculation 180 Condition 181 Page 10 of 388 www.agi.com Create a Condition 181 Define Calculation Condition Type 181 Define the Scalar 181 Define the Calculation Conditions 182 Create a Report 182 View Accesses and Satisfaction Intervals in the Timeline View 183 Time Tool 183 Create an Interval List 184 Define the Interval List Type 184 Define the Operation 184 Remove Time Components 185 Define the Time Components 185 View Intervals in the Timeline View 186 Tracking Station Sensor 186 Insert a Sensor on Tracking Station 186 Model Limited Field-of-View 187 Target the Sensor 187 Calculate Access 188 Add Temporal Constraints 188 Create a New Access Report 189 Solar Exclusion Angle 190 Save Your Work 190 Summary 190 On Your Own 191 Part 5: Compute Coverage Over Regions 192 Page 11 of 388 www.agi.com STK Coverage 192 Coverage Quality 195 Part 6: Build a Volumetric Object 201 Volumetrics 201 Part 7: Perform Trade Studies with Analyzer 210 Problem 210 Solution 210 What You Will Learn 211 Create a New Scenario 211 View Both the 2D and 3D Graphics Windows 212 Turn Off Terrain Server 212 Design a Satellite Orbit 212 Sensor Object 213 Coverage Definition Object 214 Coverage Grid 214 Coverage Assets 214 Figures of Merit 215 Compute Accesses Tool 215 Percent Satisfied 216 STK Analyzer 217 Determine the Impact of Satellite Inclination on Percent Satisfied 217 Analyzer Layout 218 Input Inclination 218 Output Percent Satisfied 218 Parametric Study Tool 219 Page 12 of 388 www.agi.com Inclination Parametric Study 219 Data Explorer 220 Input Eccentricity 221 Eccentricity Parametric Study 222 Data Explorer 222 Carpet Plot Tool 224 Carpet Plot 224 The Best Combination 225 Save Your Work 226 Summary 226 On Your Own 227 Part 7: Introduction to STK Communications 228 Problem Statement 228 Solution 228 What You Will Learn 229 Create a New Scenario 229 Add Analytical and Visual Terrain 230 Declutter the Labels 231 Insert the Earth Observation Satellite 231 Insert the Scientists' Camp Site 232 Simple Transmitter Model 232 Transmitter Model Specs 233 Receiver Antenna Orientation 234 Half Power Sensor Patterns 234 Targeted Sensor 235 Page 13 of 388 www.agi.com Target Times 235 Complex Receiver Model 236 Receiver Model Specs 237 Receiver Antenna 237 Receiver Antenna Polarization 238 Simple Link Budget 238 Take Terrain Into Consideration 239 Detailed Link Budget 239 Rain Model 240 Atmospheric Absorption Model 241 System Noise Temperature 241 Summary 242 Save Your Work 243 On Your Own 243 Modulator 243 Additional Gains and Losses 244 Part 8: Introduction to STK Radar 245 Problem Statement 245 Solution 245 What You Will Learn 246 Create a New Scenario 246 Turn Off Terrain Server 247 Turn On Label Declutter 247 Insert the Target Aircraft 248 Create the Target Aircraft's Route 248 Page 14 of 388 www.agi.com Specify the Radar Cross Section 249 Display Radar Cross Section Graphics 249 Insert the Radar Site 250 Define the Radar Site's Location 251 Insert the Antenna Servo System 252 Define the Sensor Field of View 253 Target the Aircraft 253 Set Range and Elevation Angle Constraints 254 Determine Access 254 Generate an Azimuth Elevation Range Report 255 Look at the Sensor's Field of View 256 Insert an Airport Surveillance Radar 257 Model a Monostatic Radar 257 Define the Waveform 258 Define the Pulse Width 258 Define the Antenna Pattern 258 Define the Radar Transmitter 259 Set the Radar Receiver's Polarization 260 Add the Radar Receiver's System Noise Temperature 260 Probability of Detection 261 Compute Access 261 Generate a Radar SearchTrack Report 261 Understanding the Data 262 Observe Pdet 262 Observe SNR 263 Page 15 of 388 www.agi.com Observe S/T Ambig Tgt Range 263 Medium Sized Aircraft 263 Small Sized Aircraft 264 Birds and Stealth 265 Aspect Dependent RCS Files
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