PCState:

Path: FormationFlying/Coord

% Projected circle state in Hills frame
 Computes the position and velocity of a satellite on the local ellipse
 (Hills/Clohessy-Wiltshire) given the distance from the center (d), the orbital
 rate (w0), and the phasing angle (phi).

 NOTE: Calling PCState with the M and t arguments will cause the state at 
 time t to be computed as follows:

  state(t) = PCState( d, w0, M(t)+phi )

 A circular chief orbit is assumed.

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   Form:
   state = PCState( d, w0, phi, M, t )
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   Inputs
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   d      	(1,1)     distance from reference point (km)
   w0     	(1,1)     orbital rate (rad/s)
   phi   	(1,1)     phase angle, CW from y direction (deg)
   M     	(1,1)     current mean anomoly of chief orbit (deg)
   t      	(1,1)     elapsed time (sec)

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   Outputs
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   state 	(6,1)    final state for the spacecraft in Hill's frame

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