Dear Orekit users,
I am trying to use the DSST propagator but I have some questions about the correct usage.
I would like to use the DSST propagator to compute a mean orbital state starting from a perturbed orbital state like in the figure below (orange: mean eccentricity, blue: perturbed
eccentricity).
In the following lines of code I would expect that dsst1 and dsst2 produce the same results for a propagation:
State initialState;
DSSTPropagator dsst1 =
new DSSTPropagator(new
DormandPrince853Integrator(minStep, maxStep, vecAbsoluteTolerance,
vecRelativeTolerance),true);
State mean = DSSTPropagator.computeMeanState(initialState,
attitudeProvider, forceModels);
dsst1.setInitialState(mean,
false);
DSSTPropagator dsst2 =
new
DSST(new DormandPrince853Integrator(minStep,
maxStep, vecAbsoluteTolerance, vecRelativeTolerance),true);
dsst2.setInitialState(initialState,
true);
What is the expected behavior for the two propagators?
Kind Regards,
Raffaele Ferraro
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