Position.java
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package org.orekit.estimation.measurements;
import org.hipparchus.geometry.euclidean.threed.Vector3D;
import org.orekit.propagation.SpacecraftState;
import org.orekit.time.AbsoluteDate;
import org.orekit.utils.TimeStampedPVCoordinates;
/** Class modeling a position only measurement.
* <p>
* For position-velocity measurement see {@link PV}.
* </p>
* @see PV
* @author Luc Maisonobe
* @since 9.3
*/
public class Position extends PseudoMeasurement<Position> {
/** Type of the measurement. */
public static final String MEASUREMENT_TYPE = "Position";
/** Identity matrix, for states derivatives. */
private static final double[][] IDENTITY = new double[][] {
{
1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
}, {
0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0
}, {
0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0
}
};
/** Constructor with one double for the standard deviation.
* <p>The double is the position's standard deviation, common to the 3 position's components.</p>
* <p>
* The measurement must be in the orbit propagation frame.
* </p>
* @param date date of the measurement
* @param position position
* @param sigmaPosition theoretical standard deviation on position components
* @param baseWeight base weight
* @param satellite satellite related to this measurement
* @since 9.3
*/
public Position(final AbsoluteDate date, final Vector3D position,
final double sigmaPosition, final double baseWeight,
final ObservableSatellite satellite) {
this(date, position, new double[] { sigmaPosition, sigmaPosition, sigmaPosition }, baseWeight, satellite);
}
/** Constructor with one vector for the standard deviation.
* <p>The 3-sized vector represents the square root of the diagonal elements of the covariance matrix.</p>
* <p>The measurement must be in the orbit propagation frame.</p>
* @param date date of the measurement
* @param position position
* @param sigmaPosition 3-sized vector of the standard deviations of the position
* @param baseWeight base weight
* @param satellite satellite related to this measurement
* @since 9.3
*/
public Position(final AbsoluteDate date, final Vector3D position,
final double[] sigmaPosition, final double baseWeight, final ObservableSatellite satellite) {
this(date, position, new MeasurementQuality(sigmaPosition, new double[] {baseWeight, baseWeight, baseWeight}),
satellite);
}
/** Constructor with full covariance matrix and all inputs.
* <p>The fact that the covariance matrix is symmetric and positive definite is not checked.</p>
* <p>The measurement must be in the orbit propagation frame.</p>
* @param date date of the measurement
* @param position position
* @param covarianceMatrix 3x3 covariance matrix of the position only measurement
* @param baseWeight base weight
* @param satellite satellite related to this measurement
* @since 9.3
*/
public Position(final AbsoluteDate date, final Vector3D position,
final double[][] covarianceMatrix, final double baseWeight,
final ObservableSatellite satellite) {
this(date, position, new MeasurementQuality(covarianceMatrix, new double[] {baseWeight, baseWeight, baseWeight}),
satellite);
}
/** Constructor with full covariance matrix and all inputs.
* <p>The fact that the covariance matrix is symmetric and positive definite is not checked.</p>
* <p>The measurement must be in the orbit propagation frame.</p>
* @param date date of the measurement
* @param position position
* @param measurementQuality measurement quality data
* @param satellite satellite related to this measurement
* @since 14.0
*/
public Position(final AbsoluteDate date, final Vector3D position, final MeasurementQuality measurementQuality,
final ObservableSatellite satellite) {
super(date, position.toArray(), measurementQuality, satellite);
}
/** Get the position.
* @return position
*/
public Vector3D getPosition() {
return new Vector3D(getObservedValue());
}
/** {@inheritDoc} */
@Override
protected EstimatedMeasurementBase<Position> theoreticalEvaluationWithoutDerivatives(final int iteration, final int evaluation,
final SpacecraftState[] states) {
// PV value
final TimeStampedPVCoordinates pv = states[0].getPVCoordinates();
// prepare the evaluation
final EstimatedMeasurementBase<Position> estimated =
new EstimatedMeasurementBase<>(this, iteration, evaluation, states,
new TimeStampedPVCoordinates[] {
pv
});
estimated.setEstimatedValue(pv.getPosition().getX(), pv.getPosition().getY(), pv.getPosition().getZ());
return estimated;
}
/** {@inheritDoc} */
@Override
protected EstimatedMeasurement<Position> theoreticalEvaluation(final int iteration, final int evaluation,
final SpacecraftState[] states) {
final EstimatedMeasurement<Position> estimated = new EstimatedMeasurement<>(theoreticalEvaluationWithoutDerivatives(iteration, evaluation, states));
// partial derivatives with respect to state
estimated.setStateDerivatives(0, IDENTITY);
return estimated;
}
}