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SCHEDULER-775 - "Never above horizon" is too strict
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Type: Limitation Limitation
Priority: Low Low
Severity: Trivial Trivial
Status: Closed Closed
Resolution: Complete
Resources: Bob Denny
Reported By: Bob Denny
Component: Horizon Constraint
Fixed In Version: 3.5
Versions Affected: 3.4
Start Date: 1/29/2012
Percent Complete:
Created:  1/18/2012 6:24:52 AM
Revised:
 1/29/2012 8:23:35 PM
Closed:  1/29/2012 8:23:35 PM
Resolved:  1/29/2012 8:23:22 PM

See this Comm Center thread from Dave Cambell. Essentially his ACP horizon dips down toward the South. Plans are getting failed for "never above" when the object is in the East. As they move to the South, the horizon against which their transit altitude is tested gets lower and they may actually peek above it on that night.

Probably the "never" test should be against the hard limit on Telescope (Min Altitude). If the calculation returns "never above" just defer the plan and let it be tested later against the possibly lower horizon.