GroundAtNightEventFunction.java
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package org.orekit.propagation.events.functions;
import org.hipparchus.CalculusFieldElement;
import org.hipparchus.geometry.euclidean.threed.FieldVector3D;
import org.hipparchus.geometry.euclidean.threed.Vector3D;
import org.orekit.frames.Frame;
import org.orekit.frames.TopocentricFrame;
import org.orekit.models.AtmosphericRefractionModel;
import org.orekit.propagation.FieldSpacecraftState;
import org.orekit.propagation.SpacecraftState;
import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
import org.orekit.time.FieldAbsoluteDate;
import org.orekit.utils.ExtendedPositionProvider;
/** Event function for ground location being at night.
* <p>
* The {@code g} function of this detector is positive when ground is at night
* (i.e. Sun is below dawn/dusk elevation angle).
* </p>
* @author Luc Maisonobe
* @author Romain Serra
* @since 14.0
*/
public class GroundAtNightEventFunction implements EventFunction {
/** Topocentric frame for station. */
private final TopocentricFrame topocentricFrame;
/** Provider for Sun position. */
private final ExtendedPositionProvider sun;
/** Sun elevation below which we consider night is dark enough. */
private final double dawnDuskElevation;
/** Atmospheric Model used for calculations, if defined. */
private final AtmosphericRefractionModel refractionModel;
/** Private constructor.
* @param topocentricFrame ground location from which measurement is performed
* @param sun provider for Sun position
* @param dawnDuskElevation Sun elevation below which we consider night is dark enough (rad)
* @param refractionModel reference to refraction model (null if refraction should be ignored),
*/
protected GroundAtNightEventFunction(final TopocentricFrame topocentricFrame, final ExtendedPositionProvider sun,
final double dawnDuskElevation,
final AtmosphericRefractionModel refractionModel) {
this.topocentricFrame = topocentricFrame;
this.sun = sun;
this.dawnDuskElevation = dawnDuskElevation;
this.refractionModel = refractionModel;
}
@Override
public double value(final SpacecraftState state) {
final AbsoluteDate date = state.getDate();
final Frame frame = state.getFrame();
final Vector3D position = sun.getPosition(date, frame);
final double trueElevation = topocentricFrame.getElevation(position, frame, date);
final double calculatedElevation;
if (refractionModel != null) {
calculatedElevation = trueElevation + refractionModel.getRefraction(trueElevation);
} else {
calculatedElevation = trueElevation;
}
return dawnDuskElevation - calculatedElevation;
}
/** {@inheritDoc}
* <p>
* The function is positive when ground is at night
* (i.e. Sun is below dawn/dusk elevation angle).
* </p>
* <p>
* This function only depends on date, not on the actual position of the spacecraft.
* </p>
*/
@Override
public <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> T value(final FieldSpacecraftState<T> state) {
final FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date = state.getDate();
final Frame frame = state.getFrame();
final FieldVector3D<T> position = sun.getPosition(date, frame);
final T trueElevation = topocentricFrame.getElevation(position, frame, date);
final T calculatedElevation;
if (refractionModel != null) {
calculatedElevation = trueElevation.add(refractionModel.getRefraction(trueElevation.getReal()));
} else {
calculatedElevation = trueElevation;
}
return calculatedElevation.negate().add(dawnDuskElevation);
}
@Override
public boolean dependsOnTimeOnly() {
return true;
}
}