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# Spacecraft object
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Learn about how you can represent your spacecraft details in Azure Orbital Ground Station (AOGS).
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Learn about how you can represent your spacecraft details in Azure Orbital Ground Station.
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## Spacecraft details
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The spacecraft object captures three types of information:
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- **Links** - RF details on center frequency, direction, and bandwidth for each link.
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- **Ephemeris** - The latest TLE.
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- **Licensing** - Authorizations held on a per link per ground station basis.
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- **Ephemeris** - The latest spacecraft TLE.
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- **Licensing** - Authorizations held on a per-link, per-site basis.
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## Links
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### Links
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Make sure to capture each link that you wish to use with Azure Orbital when you create the spacecraft object. The following details are required:
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Make sure to capture each link that you wish to use with Azure Orbital Ground Station when you create the spacecraft object. The following details are required:
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Dual polarization schemes are represented by two individual links with their respective LHCP and RHCP polarizations.
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## Ephemeris
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### Ephemeris
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The spacecraft ephemeris is captured in Azure Orbital using the Two-Line Element or TLE.
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The spacecraft ephemeris is captured in Azure Orbital Ground Station using the Two-Line Element, or TLE.
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A TLE is associated with the spacecraft to determine contact opportunities at the time of scheduling. The TLE is also used to determine the path the antenna must follow during the contact as the spacecraft passes over the ground station during contact execution.
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As TLEs are prone to expiration, the user must keep the TLE up-to-date using the [TLE update](update-tle.md) procedure.
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As TLEs are prone to expiration, the user must keep the TLE up-to-date using the [TLE update](update-tle.md) procedure. A TLE that is more than two weeks old might result in an unsuccessful contact.
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## Licensing
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### Licensing
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In order to uphold regulatory requirements across the world, the spacecraft object contains authorizations on a per link and per site level that permits usage of the Azure Orbital ground station sites.
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In order to uphold regulatory requirements across the world, the spacecraft object contains authorizations on a per-link and per-site level that permits usage of the Azure Orbital Ground Station sites.
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The platform will deny scheduling or execution of contacts if the spacecraft object links aren't authorized. The platform will also deny contact if a profile contains links that aren't included in the spacecraft object authorized links.
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The platform will deny scheduling or execution of contacts if the spacecraft object links are not authorized. The platform will also deny contact if a profile contains links that are not included in the spacecraft object authorized links.
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For more information, see the Licensing (add link to: concepts-licensing.md when article is created) documentation.
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For more information, see the [spacecraft authorization and ground station licensing](register-spacecraft.md) documentation.
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## Create spacecraft resource
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For more information on how to create a spacecraft resource, see the details listed in the [register a spacecraft](register-spacecraft.md) article.
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## Managing spacecraft objects
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Spacecraft objects can be created and deleted via the Portal and Azure Orbital APIs. Once the object is created, modification to the object is dependent on the authorization status.
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Spacecraft objects can be created and deleted via the Portal and Azure Orbital Ground Station APIs. Once the object is created, modification to the object is dependent on the authorization status.
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When the spacecraft is unauthorized, then the spacecraft object can be modified. The API is the best way to make changes as the Portal only lets you make TLE updates.
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When the spacecraft is unauthorized, then the spacecraft object can be modified. The API is the best way to make changes to the spacecraft object as the Portal only allows TLE updates.
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When the spacecraft is unauthorized, then TLE updates are the only modifications possible. Other fields such as links become immutable. The TLE updates are possible via the Portal and Orbital SDK.
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Once the spacecraft is authorized, TLE updates are the only modifications possible. Other fields, such as links, become immutable. The TLE updates are possible via the Portal and Orbital API.
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## Delete spacecraft resource
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You can delete the spacecraft object via the Portal or through the API. See [How-to: Delete Contact](delete-contact.md)
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You can delete the spacecraft object via the Portal or the API. See [How-to: Delete Contact](delete-contact.md).
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## Next steps
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