org.orekit.attitudes
Class InertialLaw

java.lang.Object
  org.orekit.attitudes.InertialLaw

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, AttitudeLaw

public class InertialLaw
extends java.lang.Object
implements AttitudeLaw

This class handles an inertial attitude law.

Instances of this class are guaranteed to be immutable.

Version:

$Revision:1665 $ $Date:2008-06-11 12:12:59 +0200 (mer., 11 juin 2008) $

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static InertialLaw

EME2000_ALIGNED Dummy attitude law, perfectly aligned with the EME2000 frame.

Constructor Summary

InertialLaw(org.apache.commons.math.geometry.Rotation rotation)
Creates new instance.

Method Summary

Attitude

getAttitude(Orbit orbit) Compute the attitude corresponding to an orbital state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EME2000_ALIGNED

public static final InertialLaw EME2000_ALIGNED

Dummy attitude law, perfectly aligned with the EME2000 frame.

Constructor Detail

InertialLaw

public InertialLaw(org.apache.commons.math.geometry.Rotation rotation)

Creates new instance.

Parameters:

rotation - rotation from EME2000 to the desired satellite frame

Method Detail

getAttitude

public Attitude getAttitude(Orbit orbit)
                     throws OrekitException

Compute the attitude corresponding to an orbital state.

Specified by:

getAttitude in interface AttitudeLaw

Parameters:

orbit - orbit state for which attitude is requested

Returns:

attitude attitude on the specified orbit, using orbit inertial frame as its reference frame

Throws:

OrekitException - if attitude cannot be computed