org.orekit.attitudes

Interface AttitudeProvider

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AttitudeProviderModifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttitudesSequence, BodyCenterPointing, CelestialBodyPointed, FixedRate, GroundPointing, InertialProvider, LofOffset, LofOffsetPointing, NadirPointing, SpinStabilized, TabulatedProvider, TargetPointing, YawCompensation, YawSteering

public interface AttitudeProvider
extends Serializable

This interface represents an attitude provider model set.

An attitude provider provides a way to compute an Attitude from an date and position-velocity local provider.

Author:

Véronique Pommier-Maurussane

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Attitude	getAttitude(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv, AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame) Compute the attitude corresponding to an orbital state.

Method Detail

getAttitude

Attitude getAttitude(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv,
                   AbsoluteDate date,
                   Frame frame)
                     throws OrekitException

Compute the attitude corresponding to an orbital state.

Parameters:

pvProv - local position-velocity provider around current date

date - current date

frame - reference frame from which attitude is computed

Returns:

attitude attitude on the specified date and position-velocity state

Throws:

OrekitException - if attitude cannot be computed