org.jeospace.physics.orbit
Class EarthSatellite

java.lang.Object
  org.jeospace.physics.orbit.BaseSatellite
      org.jeospace.physics.orbit.EarthSatellite

All Implemented Interfaces:

Identifiable, KineticBody, OrbitalBody, Satellite

public class EarthSatellite

extends BaseSatellite

A concrete implementation of Satellite specific to identifying and tracking Earth orbiting satellites. The SxP4 algorithm is utilized by this class for calculating satellite positions.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $

Author:

Rex Melton

See Also:

Satellite, Cartesian, Spherical, ReferenceFrame, OrbitalElements, Identification

Constructor Summary

EarthSatellite(Identification ident, OrbitalElements elements)
Construct an instance

Method Summary

void	setOrbitalElements(OrbitalElements elements) Set the OrbitalElements of the satellite

Methods inherited from class org.jeospace.physics.orbit.BaseSatellite

getCoordinate, getCoordinate, getIdentification, getOrbitalElements, getReferenceFrame

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EarthSatellite

public EarthSatellite(Identification ident,
                      OrbitalElements elements)

Construct an instance

Parameters:

ident - the identification of the satellite

elements - the OrbitalElements of the satellite

Method Detail

setOrbitalElements

public void setOrbitalElements(OrbitalElements elements)

Set the OrbitalElements of the satellite

Specified by:

setOrbitalElements in interface Satellite

Overrides:

setOrbitalElements in class BaseSatellite

Parameters:

elements - the OrbitalElements of the satellite