Package org.orekit.attitudes

Class NadirPointing

java.lang.Object

org.orekit.attitudes.GroundPointing

org.orekit.attitudes.NadirPointing

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttitudeProvider

public class NadirPointing
extends GroundPointing

This class handles nadir pointing attitude provider.

This class represents the attitude provider where the satellite z axis is pointing to the vertical of the ground point under satellite.

The object NadirPointing is guaranteed to be immutable.

Author:

Véronique Pommier-Maurussane

See Also:

GroundPointing

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
NadirPointing(Frame inertialFrame, BodyShape shape)	Creates new instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> TimeStampedFieldPVCoordinates<T>	getTargetPV(FieldPVCoordinatesProvider<T> pvProv, FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date, Frame frame)	Compute the target point position/velocity in specified frame.
TimeStampedPVCoordinates	getTargetPV(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv, AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame)	Compute the target point position/velocity in specified frame.

Methods inherited from class org.orekit.attitudes.GroundPointing

getAttitude, getAttitude, getAttitudeRotation, getAttitudeRotation, getBodyFrame, getTargetPosition, getTargetPosition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NadirPointing

public NadirPointing(Frame inertialFrame,
                     BodyShape shape)

Creates new instance.

Parameters:

inertialFrame - frame in which orbital velocities are computed

shape - Body shape

Since:

7.1

Method Detail

getTargetPV

public TimeStampedPVCoordinates getTargetPV(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv,
                                            AbsoluteDate date,
                                            Frame frame)

Compute the target point position/velocity in specified frame.

Specified by:

getTargetPV in class GroundPointing

Parameters:

pvProv - provider for PV coordinates

date - date at which target point is requested

frame - frame in which observed ground point should be provided

Returns:

observed ground point position (element 0) and velocity (at index 1) in specified frame

getTargetPV

public <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> TimeStampedFieldPVCoordinates<T> getTargetPV(FieldPVCoordinatesProvider<T> pvProv,
                                                                                        FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date,
                                                                                        Frame frame)

Compute the target point position/velocity in specified frame.

Specified by:

getTargetPV in class GroundPointing

Type Parameters:

T - type of the field elements

Parameters:

pvProv - provider for PV coordinates

date - date at which target point is requested

frame - frame in which observed ground point should be provided

Returns:

observed ground point position (element 0) and velocity (at index 1) in specified frame