org.orekit.attitudes
Class SunPointing

java.lang.Object
  org.orekit.attitudes.AbstractAttitudeLaw
      org.orekit.attitudes.TwoDirectionsAttitude
          org.orekit.attitudes.SunPointing

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, AttitudeLaw, AttitudeProvider

public class SunPointing
extends TwoDirectionsAttitude

This class implements a Sun pointing attitude law. The first direction is the satellite-sun direction, the second direction is either the sun poles axis or the normal to the satellite orbit.

Since:

1.2

Version:

$Id: SunPointing.java 11329 2014-10-29 15:21:19Z maggiorani $

Author:

Julie Anton

See Also:

IDirection, Serialized Form

Concurrency :

unconditionally thread safe

Constructor Summary

SunPointing(CelestialBody body, Vector3D firstAxis, Vector3D secondAxis)
Constructor of the sun pointing attitude law.

SunPointing(Vector3D firstAxis, Vector3D secondAxis)
Constructor of the sun pointing attitude law.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.orekit.attitudes.TwoDirectionsAttitude

getAttitude

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

SunPointing

public SunPointing(Vector3D firstAxis,
                   Vector3D secondAxis)
            throws OrekitException

Constructor of the sun pointing attitude law. The first direction is the sun-satellite direction, the second direction is the sun poles axis.

Parameters:

firstAxis - : satellite axis aligned with the first direction.

secondAxis - : satellite axis aligned at best with the second direction.

Throws:

OrekitException - if the sun cannot be built

SunPointing

public SunPointing(CelestialBody body,
                   Vector3D firstAxis,
                   Vector3D secondAxis)
            throws OrekitException

Constructor of the sun pointing attitude law. The first direction is the sun-satellite direction, the second direction is the normal to the satellite orbit.

Parameters:

body - : celestial body associated to the satellite orbit.

firstAxis - : satellite axis aligned with the first direction.

secondAxis - : satellite axis aligned at best with the second direction.

Throws:

OrekitException - if the sun cannot be built