This is a VOTE in order to release version 12.1 of the Orekit library.
Version 12.1 is a minor release.
Highlights in the 12.1 release are:
- Major performance improvements in several Orekit features:
- orbit propagation
- orbit estimation
- frame transformations
- etc.
- Implementation of specific AdaptableInterval for:
- elevation detector
- apside detector
- GNSS:
- Support for post-seismic deformation available in Sinex files
- Splicing of Rinex clock files
- Support for different GNSS clock modelling
- New architecture for tropospheric models as well as new models (i.e., Askne-Nordius model, Hopfield model, and Chao mapping functions)
- New event detector for:
- beta angle
- relative distance between two objects
- Propagation:
- support for Intelsat’s 11 elements propagation
- a new solar radiation pressure model with cylindrical shadow model
- Miscellaneous:
- support for Walker constellations
- support for Ant has been removed
- Several bug fixes
The release candidate 1 can be found on the GitLab repository as
tag 12.1-RC1 in the release-12.1 branch:
https://gitlab.orekit.org/orekit/orekit/tree/12.1-RC1
The release notes can be read here:
https://gitlab.orekit.org/orekit/orekit/-/blob/release-12.1/src/changes/changes.xml?ref_type=heads
Maven artifacts are available at
https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/orgorekit-1067/.
The votes will be tallied in 120 hours for now, on 2024-06-23T21:00:00Z
(this is UTC time).