org.orekit.attitudes
Class AttitudeFrame

java.lang.Object
  org.orekit.frames.Frame
      org.orekit.attitudes.AttitudeFrame

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AttitudeFrame
extends Frame

This class is a special implementation of the Frame class; it represents a dynamic spacecraft frame, i.e. a dynamic frame whose orientation is defined by an attitude law.

Since:

1.1

Version:

$Id: AttitudeFrame.java 16112 2016-05-25 12:24:26Z goudot $

Author:

Julie Anton

See Also:

AttitudeTransformProvider, Serialized Form

Concurrency :

not thread safe

Concurrency comment :

it is a Frame.

Constructor Summary

AttitudeFrame(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProvider, AttitudeLaw attitudeLaw, Frame referenceFrame)
Constructor of the dynamic spacecraft frame.

Method Summary

AttitudeProvider

getAttitudeLaw()

Methods inherited from class org.orekit.frames.Frame

getAncestor, getDepth, getFrozenFrame, getName, getParent, getRoot, getTransformJacobian, getTransformProvider, getTransformTo, getTransformTo, getTransformTo, getTransformTo, isChildOf, isPseudoInertial, isQuasiInertial, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttitudeFrame

public AttitudeFrame(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProvider,
                     AttitudeLaw attitudeLaw,
                     Frame referenceFrame)
              throws OrekitException

Constructor of the dynamic spacecraft frame.

Parameters:

pvProvider - provides the position and velocity of the spacecraft given a date and a frame

attitudeLaw - the spacecraft attitude law

referenceFrame - the parent frame

Throws:

OrekitException - if a problem occurs during frames transformations

Method Detail

getAttitudeLaw

public final AttitudeProvider getAttitudeLaw()

Returns:

the attitude law defining the orientation of the frame.