All Implemented Interfaces:
Propagator, PVCoordinatesProvider

public class SGP4 extends TLEPropagator
This class contains methods to compute propagated coordinates with the SGP4 model.

The user should not bother in this class since it is handled internaly by the TLEPropagator.

This implementation is largely inspired from the paper and source code Revisiting Spacetrack Report #3 and is fully compliant with its results and tests cases.

Author:
Felix R. Hoots, Ronald L. Roehrich, December 1980 (original fortran), David A. Vallado, Paul Crawford, Richard Hujsak, T.S. Kelso (C++ translation and improvements), Fabien Maussion (java translation)
  • Constructor Details

    • SGP4

      @DefaultDataContext public SGP4(TLE initialTLE, AttitudeProvider attitudeProvider, double mass)
      Constructor for a unique initial TLE.

      This constructor uses the default data context.

      Parameters:
      initialTLE - the TLE to propagate.
      attitudeProvider - provider for attitude computation
      mass - spacecraft mass (kg)
      See Also:
    • SGP4

      public SGP4(TLE initialTLE, AttitudeProvider attitudeProvider, double mass, Frame teme)
      Constructor for a unique initial TLE.
      Parameters:
      initialTLE - the TLE to propagate.
      attitudeProvider - provider for attitude computation
      mass - spacecraft mass (kg)
      teme - the TEME frame to use for propagation.
      Since:
      10.1
  • Method Details

    • sxpInitialize

      protected void sxpInitialize()
      Initialization proper to each propagator (SGP or SDP).
      Specified by:
      sxpInitialize in class TLEPropagator
    • sxpPropagate

      protected void sxpPropagate(double tSince)
      Propagation proper to each propagator (SGP or SDP).
      Specified by:
      sxpPropagate in class TLEPropagator
      Parameters:
      tSince - the offset from initial epoch (min)