NASA Space Mission Design Software Release: GMAT R2016a

The GMAT development team is pleased to announce the release of GMAT version R2016a. The General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT) is the world’s only enterprise, multi-mission, open source software system for space mission design, optimization, and navigation. The system supports missions in flight regimes ranging from low Earth orbit to lunar, libration point, and deep space missions. GMAT is developed by a team of NASA, private industry, public, and private contributors and is used for real-world mission support, engineering studies, as a tool for education, and public engagement.

For a complete list of new features, compatibility changes, and bug fixes, see the Release Notes. Below are just some of the new capabilities contained in this release.

Production quality orbit determination (Operational Certification expected in November, 2016)
Code 500 ephemeris propagator
STK ephemeris file output
Write command to save GMAT configurations during execution
Include macro to load GMAT configurations from external sources during execution
Many new built in math functions and parameters
130 pages of new user documentation

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