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Tools used by the Analysis & Integration Group

General Mission Design & Trajectory Tools

MIDAS	Interplanetary Impulsive Optimization Code
OTIS	Aircraft and Spacecraft Trajectory Simulator and Optimizer
SNAP	High-fidelity N-body Trajectory Integration Code

Low-Thrust Specific Mission Design & Trajectory Tools

CHEBYTOP	Approximate Low-Thrust Interplanetary Optimization Code
SEPSPOT	Planetocentric Low-Thrust Optimization Code which uses Averaging Techniques
VARITOP	Low-Thrust Interplanetary Optimization Code which uses Calculus of Variations
SEPTOP	Low-Thrust Interplanetary Optimization Code which uses Calculus of Variations

Trajectory Visualization

Satellite Tool Kit (STK)	High quality, state of the art, orbit simulation, visualization and analysis tool
GNUPLOT	Documentation for GNUPLOT
FTNCHEK	Fortran 77 program checker
DDD	Data Display Debugger
CVS	Version Management with CVS (Current Version System)

Systems Analysis

iSIGHT	High end optimization software which wraps around simulation code
EXCELERATOR	Mac and PC command line linker for code unwrapping
GLIDE
JPLEPH for Excel	Excel based reader of JPL Ephemeris files

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1999-01-2449.pdf AIAA-93-4170.pdf AIAA-95-2812.pdf AIAA-96-2810.pdf	AIAA-97-2956.pdf AIAA-98-3591.pdf AIAA-98-3883.pdf NASA_CR-198427.pdf	NASA_CR-198517.pdf NASA_CR-204666.pdf NASA-TM-106406.pdf NASA-TM-1990-103234.pdf	NASA-TM-2000-210243.pdf NASA-TM-2002-211314.pdf NASA-TM-2002-211599.pdf NASA-TM-2002-211871.pdf	NASA-TM-2002-211892.pdf NASA-TM-2002-211893.pdf NASA-TM-2003-212227.pdf NASA-TM-2003-212315.pdf STAIF-2003-177.pdf

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