ProductGeneral Mission Analysis Tool
GMAT
An open-source general mission analysis tool developed by NASA that supports satellite orbit design, optimization, and simulation, including atmospheric drag modeling and orbital lifetime prediction.
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Sep 26
CubeSat teams face a trade-off between model accuracy and computational cost when calculating atmospheric drag, and teams with limited resources can use simplified analytical methods or off-the-shelf tools such as STK and GMAT.
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