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MONTE: the next generation of mission design and navigation software

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The Mission analysis, Operations and Navigation Toolkit Environment (MONTE) (Sunseri et al. in NASA Tech Briefs 36(9), 2012) is an astrodynamic toolkit produced by the Mission Design and Navigation Software Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It provides a single integrated environment for all phases of deep space and Earth orbiting missions. Capabilities include: trajectory optimization and analysis, operational orbit determination, flight path control, and 2D/3D visualization. MONTE is presented to the user as an importable Python language module. This allows a simple but powerful user interface via CLUI or script. In addition, the Python interface allows MONTE to be used seamlessly with other canonical scientific programming tools such as SciPy, NumPy, and Matplotlib. MONTE is the prime operational orbit determination software for all JPL navigated missions.

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    Scott Evans, William Taber, Theodore Drain, Jonathon Smith, Hsi-Cheng Wu, Michelle Guevara, Richard Sunseri & James Evans

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The research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Evans, S., Taber, W., Drain, T. et al. MONTE: the next generation of mission design and navigation software. CEAS Space J 10, 79–86 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-017-0171-7

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