SampledOrbit vs EllipticalOrbit

[Darkmiss]

Quick question
If in a spacecraft code I am using a SampledOrbit XYZ
and also have the ElipticalOrbit data too. Does one canel the other out ?

In other words, If I want to use an XYZ file, should I still have all the ElipticalOrbital data still in the ssc file

So should it look like number 1 or Number 2

1:

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"Cassini" "Sol"
   {
   Class "spacecraft"
   Mesh  "cassini.3ds"
   Radius 0.01
   Beginning "1997 10 15 10:30" # Launched
   #Ending     ???? Still in Orbit

   SampledOrbit "cassini.xyz"
   RotationPeriod   1000.0
   Orientation     [ 270 1 0 0 ]
   Albedo              0.5
}

2:

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"Cassini" "Sol"
   {
   Class "spacecraft"
   Mesh  "cassini.3ds"
   Radius 0.01
   Beginning "1997 10 15 10:30" # Launched
               # Ending     ???? Still in Orbit

   SampledOrbit "cassini.xyz"
   EllipticalOrbit
   {
   Period            12.44131
   SemiMajorAxis      5.36921504
   Eccentricity       0.728031108
   Inclination        0.821640702
   AscendingNode    127.187606
   ArgOfPericenter  167.738633
   MeanAnomaly       94.9254870
   Epoch        2452557.50
   }

   RotationPeriod   1000.0
   Orientation     [ 270 1 0 0 ]
   Albedo              0.5
}

[JackHiggins]

You only need SampledOrbit for an xyz trajectory.

If you have a look at any of my xyz ssc files from my spacecraft page, they're only about 6 lines long each!

[Darkmiss]

Thank you Jack.