diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 7758025f8a3c706db9a98ab4858b101a116deee6..b8c0ed8c177cff95e767c2fc78b886a36902c6f7 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
     <title>Orekit Changes</title>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <action dev="petrus" type="fix" issue="570">
+        Make FieldOfView.getFootprint public.
+    </action>
     <release version="10.0" date="2019-06-24"
              description="Orekit 10.0 is a major new release. It includes DSST OD,
              propagation in non-inertial frames, specialized propagators for GNSS
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/orekit/propagation/events/FieldOfView.java b/src/main/java/org/orekit/propagation/events/FieldOfView.java
index 480b5d09ec0af88c652bffcbc15951fc1bb9bf1c..939270199f308225ab0f0ad304007e85cfe7c107 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/orekit/propagation/events/FieldOfView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/orekit/propagation/events/FieldOfView.java
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ public class FieldOfView {
      * @return list footprint boundary loops (there may be several independent
      * loops if the Field Of View shape is complex)
      */
-    List<List<GeodeticPoint>> getFootprint(final Transform fovToBody, final OneAxisEllipsoid body,
-                                           final double angularStep) {
+    public List<List<GeodeticPoint>> getFootprint(final Transform fovToBody, 
+                    final OneAxisEllipsoid body, final double angularStep) {
 
         final Frame     bodyFrame = body.getBodyFrame();
         final Vector3D  position  = fovToBody.transformPosition(Vector3D.ZERO);
