FlightPathAngleFromCartEl:

Path: Orbit/OrbitMechanics

% Compute the flight path angle from elements

   Since version 8.
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   Form:
   phi = FlightPathAngleFromCartEl( el )
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   Inputs
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   el              (6,:) [a;i;w;W;e;M]

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   Outputs
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   phi             (1,:) Flight path angle

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   Reference: Bond, V. R., M. C. Allman, "Modern Astrodynamics".
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   Copyright (c) 2009 Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc.
   All rights reserved.
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Children:

Common: Graphics/Plot2D
Math: Linear/Dot
Math: Linear/DupVect
Math: Linear/Unit

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