agi.foundation.propagators

(agi.foundation.models-2024r3.jar)

Class Sgp4ElementsSwitchByEpoch

java.lang.Object

agi.foundation.propagators.Sgp4ElementsSwitching

agi.foundation.propagators.Sgp4ElementsSwitchByEpoch

public class Sgp4ElementsSwitchByEpoch
extends Sgp4ElementsSwitching

An algorithm which determines when to switch from one element set to another by comparing their respective Epoch (get / set) values. The first element set is used up until the epoch of the second and the last element set is used after its epoch.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Sgp4ElementsSwitchByEpoch()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JulianDate	getSwitchTime(Sgp4Elements previous, Sgp4Elements next) Determine the intervals of time covered by each element set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Sgp4ElementsSwitchByEpoch

public Sgp4ElementsSwitchByEpoch()

Method Detail

getSwitchTime

@Nonnull
public JulianDate getSwitchTime(Sgp4Elements previous,
                                          Sgp4Elements next)

Determine the intervals of time covered by each element set. The intervals should not overlap.

Specified by:

getSwitchTime in class Sgp4ElementsSwitching

Parameters:

previous - The previous element set from which to transition.

next - The next element set to which to transition.

Returns:

The intervals of time and their corresponding element sets.