SpaceLab is a space mission simulation environment developed by ONERA in order to provide our engineering teams with in-house validated software.
The purpose of this software is to federate our various experts in the domain around a common tool for the conception, simulation and control of space missions. It can host conception and performances analyses scripts shared across the office in order to enable long-term knowledge management in the domain and facilitate further studies.
Among other possibilities, the software provides toolboxes for inter-visibility and observation analysis, orbital mechanics and manoeuver design as well as sensor performance analysis. Possible objects in the simulation include satellite, launchers, ground or embedded sensors and constellations. A future evolution of the software is meant to interact with a mission control service in order to generate operational scenarios and analyze mission data throughout a nanosat operation phases.
The SpaceLab suite runs on ONERA’s simulation engine “RGINE” and includes a set of technical models as well as a graphical interface used for scenario definition and visualization.
The code is managed via an internal Git and any engineering department can contribute to the software by adding models, and use it either as a standalone installation or via web-service through an URL on the office’s network redirecting towards the SpaceLab’s server.
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| Visualization tool for the SPACELAB software |