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• Jul 9, 2018
• Alexander Ridgeway
• Article

107,000 Planned Satellites by 2029

• Jul 29, 2020
• Video

Cis-Lunar Applications - Product Demo

• Jeff Baxter
• Video

Jeff Baxter demonstrates how to use Systems Tool Kit (STK) for Cis-Lunar satellite missions.

Introducing Digital Mission Engineering

• Kevin Flood
• Video

Kevin Flood discusses the engineering challenges facing aerospace and defense organizations and the key role that digital mission engineering plays.

Comet Siding Spring encounters Mars this weekend

• Oct 16, 2014
• AGI Geeks
• Blog Post

STK's Orbit Wizard Gets New Magic

• Jun 27, 2016
• Jens Ramrath
• Blog Post

A better Mars atmosphere model

• Nov 18, 2010
• Jonathan Lowe
• Article

White Paper: An Analysis of State Vector Propagation Using Differing Flight Dynamics Programs

• PDF

The use of numerically generated state vectors for satellite operations is not new

White Paper: Analysis of the 2007 Chinese ASAT Test and the Impact of its Debris on the Space Environment

• PDF

On 2007 January 11, the People’s Republic of China conducted a successful direct-ascent ASAT test.

White Paper: Benefits of hosted payload architectures for improved GEO SSA

• PDF

The goal of this paper is to assist in developing a notional architecture of a GEO HP SSA system

White Paper: Beta Conjunction Analysis Tool

• PDF

Many of the assumptions involved in linear collision probability formulation are eliminated in this paper

White Paper: Closed-Loop Near-Optimal Slew Control Using Interpolation Polynomials Without Angular Velocity

• PDF

Closed-loop control for a near-optimal slew based on continuously updated 2-point osculating polynomials was recently introduced.

Satellite Constellations – Go big, go fast, or go home

• Jul 28, 2019
• Jeff Baxter
• Article

White Paper: Minimum Order Adaptive Attitude Control

• PDF

This paper describes a method for generating identical attitude error trajectories for a rigid-body

Indian ASAT Forensics - April 9, 2019 Update

• Tom Johnson, Dan Oltrogge, Dr. T.S. Kelso
• Video

Analysis and debris simulation of India's direct ascent ASAT weapons test on 3-27-2019.

Using STK to Recreate Cassini Images of Earth

• Jul 25, 2013
• Liam Robinson, Kevin Ten Eyck
• Tech Tip

AMC-9 Neighborhood Watch

• Jul 13, 2017
• Paul Welsh
• Article

Dr. David Richardson (NASA) Keynote Address - DME Forum (MD)

• Josh Poley
• Video

Keynote address, Digital Mission Engineering Forum. Columbia, MD, November 19, 2019.

STK Tip: Multi-Track Objects for Satellites

• Video

Phil Clifton shows how to use Multi-Track Objects (MTO) for large quantities of satellites in Systems Tool Kit (STK).

ODTK SSA Brochure

• PDF

ODTK plugin that automatically characterizes non-cooperative maneuvers and allows users to examine and fix observation association problems