org.orekit.attitudes
Class ConstantAttitudeLaw

java.lang.Object
  org.orekit.attitudes.AbstractAttitudeLaw
      org.orekit.attitudes.ConstantAttitudeLaw

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, AttitudeLaw, AttitudeProvider

public class ConstantAttitudeLaw
extends AbstractAttitudeLaw

This class handles a constant attitude law.

Instances of this class are guaranteed to be immutable.

Since:

3.0

Version:

$Id: ConstantAttitudeLaw.java 15670 2016-03-29 10:45:44Z bignon $

Author:

pontisso

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ConstantAttitudeLaw(Frame referenceFrame, Rotation rotation)
Creates new instance.

Method Summary

Attitude

getAttitude(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv, AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame) Compute the attitude corresponding to an orbital state.

Methods inherited from class org.orekit.attitudes.AbstractAttitudeLaw

getAttitude, getSpinDerivativesComputation, setSpinDerivativesComputation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConstantAttitudeLaw

public ConstantAttitudeLaw(Frame referenceFrame,
                           Rotation rotation)

Creates new instance.

Parameters:

referenceFrame - the reference frame

rotation - rotation from reference frame to satellite frame.

Method Detail

getAttitude

public Attitude getAttitude(PVCoordinatesProvider pvProv,
                            AbsoluteDate date,
                            Frame frame)
                     throws OrekitException

Compute the attitude corresponding to an orbital state.

Parameters:

pvProv - local position-velocity provider around current date

date - current date

frame - reference frame from which attitude is computed

Returns:

attitude attitude on the specified date and position-velocity state

Throws:

OrekitException - if attitude cannot be computed