Strategic Center for Networking, Integration, and Communications Orbit Propagation Front-End Software Development

Kuhl, Nick ; Perlmutter, Kai ; Welch, Bryan

关键词: COMPUTER PROGRAMS;    SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS;    ORBIT DETERMINATION;    HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE;    SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS;    OPEN SOURCE LICENSING (COMPUTERS);    SPACE MISSIONS;    MISSION PLANNING;   

RP-ID  :  NASA/TM-2018-219992,E-19598,GRC-E-DAA-TN60480

学科分类：航空航天科学

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

Orbit propagation is fundamental for space-based mission analysis, requiring software tools to predict the time-based positions and velocities of orbiting satellites. Many system analysts currently rely on commercial software, which is effective but expensive. NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Strategic Center for Networking, Integration, and Communications (SCENIC) project intends to provide these analysis capabilities by using a combination of internal and open-source software, allowing for a greater flexibility while maintaining low costs. Several routines were created to take different forms of user input to translate input into the standard set of orbital elements to be utilized within the current SCENIC analysis capabilities. These inputs range from two-line elements (TLEs) and Cartesian vectors, to coordinate transformations and Walker Delta constellations. These routines will be integrated into the SCENIC user interface (UI) in order to provide greater customization and flexibility for orbit propagation and other dynamic-analysis capabilities.