Is it possible to simulate high and low solar activity with Orekit atmospheric models?

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Dear all,
would it be possible to simulate a propagation in a regime of high and low solar activity using Orekit atmospheric models?

Many thanks.

Best Regards.

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Hello @fpan,

Documentation

I would suggest you to take a look at MarshallSolarActivityFutureEstimation (OREKIT 12.1.2 API). With this model, you can indeed use :

MarshallSolarActivityFutureEstimation.StrengthLevel strengthLevel

To define the desired solar activity to use during propagation (WEAK, AVERAGE or STRONG)

Example

Let’s say you want to use the NRLMSISE00 atmosphere model :

      final NRLMSISE00InputParameters inputParameters =
            new MarshallSolarActivityFutureEstimation(MarshallSolarActivityFutureEstimation.DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_NAMES,
                                                      MarshallSolarActivityFutureEstimation.StrengthLevel.AVERAGE);

      final Atmosphere atmosphere = new NRLMSISE00(inputParameters, sun, earth, timeScale);

Hope this helps !

Cheers,
Vincent

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Dear Vincent,
many thanks for your reply. I will try to use this then.

Best Regards

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