Hello,
When using an EphemerisSegmentPropagator
built from an OemSegment
, I noticed an inconsistency between the dates returned by getMinDate()
, getMaxDate()
, and the dates for which propagate()
returns a state.
The OEM that I parse to build the propagator contains the fields USABLE_START_TIME
and USABLE_STOP_TIME
, which are correctly parsed and set in the OemSegment
. These are the dates returned by the getMinDate()
and getMaxDate()
methods.
However, the propagate(target)
method still returns a state if target
is between the OEM USABLE_STOP_TIME
and STOP_TIME
(I guess it is the same at the start).
As these “usable” times are introduced to support high order interpolation methods near the boundaries of the OEM time window, I would expect the propagate()
method to also respect them, and throw an exception if the requested target date is outside the “usable” interval.
What is your opinion?
Best,
Alberto