PVCoordinatesProvider (OREKIT 12.1.2 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

BoundedPropagator, CelestialBody, ExtendedPositionProvider, ExtendedPVCoordinatesProvider, OrekitStepInterpolator, Propagator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbsolutePVCoordinates, AbstractAnalyticalPropagator, AbstractIntegratedPropagator, AbstractPropagator, AdapterPropagator, AggregateBoundedPropagator, AggregatedPVCoordinatesProvider, AggregatedPVCoordinatesProvider.InvalidPVProvider, BrouwerLyddanePropagator, CartesianOrbit, CircularOrbit, ConstantPVCoordinatesProvider, DeepSDP4, DSSTPropagator, EcksteinHechlerPropagator, Ephemeris, EphemerisSegmentPropagator, EquinoctialOrbit, FrameAdapter, GLONASSAnalyticalPropagator, GLONASSNumericalPropagator, GNSSPropagator, IntegratedEphemeris, IntelsatElevenElementsPropagator, KeplerianOrbit, KeplerianPropagator, NumericalPropagator, Orbit, SBASPropagator, SGP4, ShiftingPVCoordinatesProvider, TLEPropagator, TopocentricFrame
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public interface PVCoordinatesProvider
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Interface for PV coordinates providers.

Author:

Veronique Pommier
The PV coordinates provider interface can be used by any class used for position/velocity computation, for example celestial bodies or spacecraft position/velocity propagators, and many others...

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default Vector3D`	`getPosition(AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame)`	Get the position of the body in the selected frame.
`TimeStampedPVCoordinates`	`getPVCoordinates(AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame)`	Get the `PVCoordinates` of the body in the selected frame.

- Method Detail
  - getPosition
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default Vector3D getPosition(AbsoluteDate date,
                             Frame frame)
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    Get the position of the body in the selected frame.
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - current date
    
    frame - the frame where to define the position
    
    Returns:
    
    position of the body (m and)
    
    Since:
    
    12.0
  - getPVCoordinates
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TimeStampedPVCoordinates getPVCoordinates(AbsoluteDate date,
                                          Frame frame)
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    Get the PVCoordinates of the body in the selected frame.
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - current date
    
    frame - the frame where to define the position
    
    Returns:
    
    time-stamped position/velocity of the body (m and m/s)