I am attempting to change the background of my plot3 /surf plot figure to an image of space

I am attempting to insert an image of space to serve as the background of my figure which has bunch of orbits as well as earth plotted on it, I am not sure if it's douable. but I also know that anything is with matlab so this is my first time seeking assistance on the mathworks assisance hub.

here is my code:

alpha = 1 ;

Earth_picture = 'https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/earthmap.jpg' ;

figure(Color='k')

hold on

axis equal

axis vis3d

axis auto

view(100,20)

[x,y,z] = ellipsoid(0,0,0,r_Earth,r_Earth,r_Earth) ;

Earth = surf(x,y,-z,'FaceColor','none','EdgeColor','none') ;

plot3(r_vect_GEO(:,1),r_vect_GEO(:,2),r_vect_GEO(:,3), ...

r_vect_GTO(:,1),r_vect_GTO(:,2),r_vect_GTO(:,3), ...

r_vect_MEO(:,1),r_vect_MEO(:,2),r_vect_MEO(:,3), ...

r_vect_LEO(:,1),r_vect_LEO(:,2),r_vect_LEO(:,3),'g','LineWidth',2)

legend("Earth","FENGYUN 2H , (GEO)","CZ-7A , (GTO)","CZ-3C , (MEO)","CZ-2D , (LEO)")

CData_image = imread(Earth_picture) ;

set(gca,'NextPlot','add','Visible','off')

set(Earth,'FaceColor','texturemap','CData',CData_image)

and I will be attaching a picture of what I am obtaining.

[Mohab Wahdan]

and this is the image I am attempting to tag credits: NASA

Answer 1

[Shivansh]

Hi !

You can refer to this matlab answer link to add background image-

How do I add a background image to my GUI or figure window? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central (mathworks.com)

[Mohab Wahdan]

It is indeed exactly what I was look for !

Thanks for the guidance Shivansh.