Digital Twin for your space mission
Mission Design Simulator (MDS) is a computationally accurate and photo-realistic space mission design simulator suited for simulating a multitude of complex mission scenarios in space including rendezvous proximity operations (RPO).
The simulator is a comprehensive virtual environment where users can prototype and test their entire space missions using one software package, thus minimizing potential errors as well as reducing development time and costs.
KEY FEATURES
- Orbital mechanics simulation
- Multi-body dynamics simulation
- Simulation in real-time and faster
- Real-time sun/shadow simulation
- Matlab & Simulink integration
- Orbit propagation: Orekit
- Friendly user interface
- Python API
USE CASES
- Rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO)
- Space situational awareness visualization
- Docking and berthing operations
- Space mission design & validation
- Hardware/Software-in-the-loop
- Space operations visualization
- Mega-constellation design
- Space warfare simulation
| FREE | PAID | |
| Simulation in Earth orbit | ☑ | ☑ |
| Simulations in Solar system | ☑ | ☑ |
| Constellation simulation | ☒ | ☑ |
| Orbital mechanics simulation | ☑ | ☑ |
| Multi-body dynamics simulation | ☒ | ☑ |
| Simulation in real-time and faster | ☑ | ☑ |
| Real-time sun/shadow simulation | ☑ | ☑ |
| In-flight solar arrays power simulation | ☑ | ☑ |
| Orbit propagation: Internal propagator | ☑ | ☑ |
| Orbit propagation: Orekit | ☒ | ☑ |
| Orbital transfer maneuver optimizer | ☑ | ☑ |
| Ground station simulation: visibility | ☑ | ☑ |
| Spacecraft pointing modes | ☑ | ☑ |
| TLE import & export | ☑ | ☑ |
| Satellite sensor coverage simulation | ☑ | ☑ |
| Spacecraft sub-systems simulation (batteries and sensors only) | ☑ | ☑ |
| Distributed networking implementation (single simulation controllable from multiple machines) | ☑ | ☑ |
| Custom satellite model import (.glb file format) | ☑ | ☑ |
| Satellite sensor feed export | ☑ | ☑ |
| Matlab & Simulink integration | ☑ | ☑ |
| Python API | ☑ | ☑ |
| Unlimited simulation time | ☒ | ☑ |
Free
- ✓ Simulation in Earth orbit
- ✓ Simulations in Solar system
- ✗ Constellation simulation
- ✓ Orbital mechanics simulation
- ✗ Multi-body dynamics simulation
- ✓ Simulation in real-time and faster
- ✓ Real-time sun/shadow simulation
- ✓ In-flight solar arrays power simulation
- ✓ Orbit propagation: Internal propagator
- ✗ Orbit propagation: Orekit
- ✓ Orbital transfer maneuver optimizer
- ✓ Ground station simulation: visibility
- ✓ Spacecraft pointing modes
- ✓ TLE import & export
- ✓ Satellite sensor coverage simulation
- ✓ Spacecraft sub-systems simulation (batteries and sensors only)
- ✓ Distributed networking implementation (single simulation controllable from multiple machines)
- ✓ Custom satellite model import (.glb file format)
- ✓ Satellite sensor feed export
- ✓ Matlab & Simulink integration
- ✓ Python API
- ✗ Unlimited simulation time
Premium
- ✓ Simulation in Earth orbit
- ✓ Simulations in Solar system
- ✓ Constellation simulation
- ✓ Orbital mechanics simulation
- ✓ Multi-body dynamics simulation
- ✓ Simulation in real-time and faster
- ✓ Real-time sun/shadow simulation
- ✓ In-flight solar arrays power simulation
- ✓ Orbit propagation: Internal propagator
- ✓ Orbit propagation: Orekit
- ✓ Orbital transfer maneuver optimizer
- ✓ Ground station simulation: visibility
- ✓ Spacecraft pointing modes
- ✓ TLE import & export
- ✓ Satellite sensor coverage simulation
- ✓ Spacecraft sub-systems simulation (batteries and sensors only)
- ✓ Distributed networking implementation (single simulation controllable from multiple machines)
- ✓ Custom satellite model import (.glb file format)
- ✓ Satellite sensor feed export
- ✓ Matlab & Simulink integration
- ✓ Python API
- ✓ Unlimited simulation time
Preliminary mission analysis tools
Combine multi-body dynamics with accurate orbital mechanics to simulate complex missions
Mission analysis in real-time with time scale settings to speed up or slow down the simulation
Change your scenario parameters and see the results straight away
Highly accurate orbit propagation using the Orekit space dynamics library
Space Robotics and Navigation
Tools that facilitate robotic space mission design
- Run navigation and robotics algorithms in real-time
- Multi-body dynamics simulations with orbital mechanics
- Modular instruments for simulating GNC scenarios
- User friendly interface for quick prototyping
- SITL and HITL simulations enabled via language agnostic API
- Flexible dynamics integration
MDS Baker
Generate synthetic image datasets for various space mission scenarios
- Quickly generate image sets and associated labels for model training
- Easily adjust generated scenario parameters through an intuitive UI
Deep Learning and Computer Vision applications
Train and test vision based autonomous systems for space operations
True scale visually accurate celestial bodies creating a representative environment
Dynamic lighting in simulation scenarios with modeled optics parameters such as FOV and camera distortions
Ray tracing for advanced optical accuracy
Run real-time inference for testing the trained models
A comprehensive tool
Seamless integration into existing development and testing pipelines
- 3D Model importer/exporter
- JSON configuration files (orbits, instruments, robotics)
- Mission scenario ephemerides export
- Language agnostic API for effective integration into existing pipelines for SITL and HITL simulations