Package org.orekit.utils

Interface ExtendedPositionProvider

All Superinterfaces:

PVCoordinatesProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

CelestialBody, ExtendedPVCoordinatesProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

FrameAdapter

public interface ExtendedPositionProvider
extends PVCoordinatesProvider

Interface for position providers (including for Field). Emulates position (and derivatives) vector as a function of time.

Since:

12.1

Author:

Romain Serra

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> FieldVector3D<T>	getPosition(FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date, Frame frame)	Get the position in the selected frame.
default TimeStampedPVCoordinates	getPVCoordinates(AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame)	Get the PVCoordinates of the body in the selected frame.
default <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> TimeStampedFieldPVCoordinates<T>	getPVCoordinates(FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date, Frame frame)	Get the position-velocity-acceleration in the selected frame.
default <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> FieldPVCoordinatesProvider<T>	toFieldPVCoordinatesProvider(Field<T> field)	Convert to a FieldPVCoordinatesProvider with a specific type.

Methods inherited from interface org.orekit.utils.PVCoordinatesProvider

getPosition

Method Detail

getPosition

<T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> FieldVector3D<T> getPosition(FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date,
                                                                 Frame frame)

Get the position in the selected frame.

Type Parameters:

T - field type

Parameters:

date - current date

frame - the frame where to define the position

Returns:

position

getPVCoordinates

default TimeStampedPVCoordinates getPVCoordinates(AbsoluteDate date,
                                                  Frame frame)

Get the PVCoordinates of the body in the selected frame.

Specified by:

getPVCoordinates in interface PVCoordinatesProvider

Parameters:

date - current date

frame - the frame where to define the position

Returns:

time-stamped position/velocity of the body (m and m/s)

getPVCoordinates

default <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> TimeStampedFieldPVCoordinates<T> getPVCoordinates(FieldAbsoluteDate<T> date,
                                                                                              Frame frame)

Get the position-velocity-acceleration in the selected frame.

Type Parameters:

T - field type

Parameters:

date - current date

frame - the frame where to define the position

Returns:

position-velocity-acceleration vector

toFieldPVCoordinatesProvider

default <T extends CalculusFieldElement<T>> FieldPVCoordinatesProvider<T> toFieldPVCoordinatesProvider(Field<T> field)

Convert to a FieldPVCoordinatesProvider with a specific type.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the field elements

Parameters:

field - field for the argument and value

Returns:

converted function