No, they are not the same Look angle in “Define Sensor Geometries” defines the sensor field of view capabilities Look angle in “Define Sensor Constraints” allows to optionally limit the operational steering looking angles within a minimum and /or a maximum
This is used when doing coarse planning of acquisitions to provide convenient tolerance and avoid clipping an acquisitions because timing was not sufficiently accurate. We usually applied one or two second lead and trail times in ESA’s Envisat mission planning
Follow this explanation http://1.help.taitussoftware.com/SaVoir/help/content/6.advanced/constraints/gap/gap.htm
This is explained here http://1.help.taitussoftware.com/SaVoir/help/content/6.advanced/constraints/exclusivegrouping/exclusivegrouping.htm
See a deeper explanation here http://1.help.taitussoftware.com/SaVoir/help/content/6.advanced/constraints/duration/duration.htm
The cloud figure is a qualifier parameter, just that. The acquisition will not be planed if you have configured the sensor with a Cloud Constraint and the cloud figure is out of the defined bounds See more here: http://1.help.taitussoftware.com/SaVoir/help/content/6.advanced/constraints/clouds/clouds.htm
It has nothing to do with stereo or non stereo. Usually you leave it to zero. It allows defining sensor geometries with a certain pitch inclination, forward ot backwards.
It is usually applied to SAR sensors, whereby the satellite may have two looking sides right or left. We use the slew qualifier to allow using the same geometry figures for left or right, therefore reducing the risk of configuration errors. For optical satellites you usually consider SLew = Not applicable
Yes, if incidence angle is defined for optical satellites, it will be used. You can define sensor geometries with three alternative methods: look angle, incidence angle, or Stand-Off Stand off is the on-ground distance between subsatellite point and observation point, measured at the equator. You can define the sensor geometry via Stand-off which is equivalent […]