Package org.orekit.gnss.attitude

Interface GNSSAttitudeProvider

All Superinterfaces:

AttitudeProvider, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGNSSAttitudeProvider, BeidouGeo, BeidouIGSO, BeidouMeo, Galileo, GenericGNSS, Glonass, GPSBlockIIA, GPSBlockIIF, GPSBlockIIR

public interface GNSSAttitudeProvider
extends AttitudeProvider

Attitude providers for navigation satellites.

The attitude mode is compliant with IGS conventions for spacecraft frame, i.e. the +Z axis is towards Earth and the +X axis is in the Sun direction. This may be different from some manufacturers conventions, for example for GPS blocks IIR/IIRM whose X axis convention is opposite.

Since:

9.2

Author:

Luc Maisonobe

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AbsoluteDate	validityEnd()	Get end of validity for this provider.
AbsoluteDate	validityStart()	Get start of validity for this provider.

Methods inherited from interface org.orekit.attitudes.AttitudeProvider

getAttitude, getAttitude

Method Detail

validityStart

AbsoluteDate validityStart()

Get start of validity for this provider.

Returns:

start of validity for this provider

validityEnd

AbsoluteDate validityEnd()

Get end of validity for this provider.

Returns:

end of validity for this provider