org.orekit.attitudes
Interface IOrientationLaw

All Known Implementing Classes:

DirectionTrackingOrientation

public interface IOrientationLaw

This interface represents an orientation law, i.e. a law providing an orientation at a given date with respect to a given frame.

Since:

1.1

Version:

$Id: IOrientationLaw.java 9755 2014-01-06 17:06:13Z houdroge $

Author:

Julie Anton

Method Summary

Rotation

getOrientation(AbsoluteDate date, Frame frame) Gets the rotation defining the orientation with respect to a given frame at a given date.

Method Detail

getOrientation

Rotation getOrientation(AbsoluteDate date,
                        Frame frame)
                        throws OrekitException

Gets the rotation defining the orientation with respect to a given frame at a given date.

Parameters:

date - date

frame - frame

Returns:

the orientation

Throws:

OrekitException - if a problem occurs during frames transformations