diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java b/core/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
index 89312672c2fb1f705d9f781d0db8c9d68e69d5c3..4782da908302bb1cb0d90803f15e8ca47005cb37 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/orekit/rugged/api/Rugged.java
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ public class Rugged {
      * @return selected sensor
      * @exception RuggedException if sensor is not known
      */
-    private LineSensor getLineSensor(final String sensorName) throws RuggedException {
+    public LineSensor getLineSensor(final String sensorName) throws RuggedException {
         final LineSensor sensor = sensors.get(sensorName);
         if (sensor == null) {
             throw new RuggedException(RuggedMessages.UNKNOWN_SENSOR, sensorName);