Package org.orekit.forces.maneuvers.propulsion

Class ConstantThrustDirectionProvider

java.lang.Object

org.orekit.forces.maneuvers.propulsion.ConstantThrustDirectionProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

ThrustDirectionProvider

public class ConstantThrustDirectionProvider
extends Object
implements ThrustDirectionProvider

Simple implementation of VariableThrustDirectionVector, providing a constant direction.

Since:

10.2

Author:

Mikael Fillastre, Andrea Fiorentino

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ConstantThrustDirectionProvider(Vector3D constantDirection)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Vector3D	computeThrustDirection(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv, AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame)	Compute the thrust direction corresponding to an orbital state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConstantThrustDirectionProvider

public ConstantThrustDirectionProvider(Vector3D constantDirection)

Constructor.

Parameters:

constantDirection - constant direction

Method Detail

computeThrustDirection

public Vector3D computeThrustDirection(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv,
                                       AbsoluteDate date,
                                       Frame frame)

Description copied from interface: ThrustDirectionProvider

Compute the thrust direction corresponding to an orbital state.

Specified by:

computeThrustDirection in interface ThrustDirectionProvider

Parameters:

pvProv - local position-velocity provider around current date

date - current date

frame - reference frame from which attitude is computed

Returns:

direction thrust direction at the specified date and position-velocity state