org.orekit.attitudes

Class InertialProvider

java.lang.Object

org.orekit.attitudes.InertialProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, AttitudeProvider

public class InertialProvider
extends Object
implements AttitudeProvider

This class handles an inertial attitude provider.

Instances of this class are guaranteed to be immutable.

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static InertialProvider	EME2000_ALIGNED Dummy attitude provider, perfectly aligned with the EME2000 frame.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
InertialProvider(Rotation rotation) Creates new instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Attitude	getAttitude(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv, AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame) 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 InertialProvider EME2000_ALIGNED

Dummy attitude provider, perfectly aligned with the EME2000 frame.

Constructor Detail

InertialProvider

public InertialProvider(Rotation rotation)

Creates new instance.

Parameters:

rotation - rotation from EME2000 to the desired satellite frame

Method Detail

getAttitude

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

Compute the attitude corresponding to an orbital state.

Specified by:

getAttitude in interface AttitudeProvider

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