Orekit 12.0 – Java After one year of development, the Orekit team is pleased to announce the release of Orekit version 12.0. Version 12.0 is a major release of Orekit. The main changes are: Orekit 12.0 represents 200 issues fixed and 100 merge requests! This version depends on Hipparchus 3.0. Read more…
The Orekit team is pleased to announce the release of Orekit version 11.3. This is a minor version, including both new features and bug fixes. Highlights in the 11.3 release are: This release also include a new tutorial for maneuvers’ thrusts and dates estimation. This version depends on Hipparchus 2.3. Read more…
Version 10.2 is a minor release of Orekit, which has been released July 15, 2020. Main changes in 10.2 are: Support for CCSDS ADM files Trajectories around Lagrangian point using CR3BP model Time span drag force model Time span tropospheric model Estimated ionospheric model Improved phase measurement Several bug fixes Read more…
Recently, Luc was interviewed by Jason Kanigan (Cold Star Project) to talk about the Orekit project. The interview addresses subjects such as: How the idea of Orekit was conceived The way the technology required for Orekit was identified Where the data for Orekit comes from What Luc would do differently Read more…
Version 10.1 is a minor release of Orekit. Highlights in the 10.1 release are: Combination of GNSS measurements. Wind-up effect on GNSS measurements. Support for Hatanaka compact RINEX format. Laplace initial orbit determination method. A new Field Of View package that includes circular, elliptical, dihedral and polygonal field of views. Read more…
The Orekit Day 2019 took place in Darmstadt (Germany) on May 23rd and CS Group is very happy that this second edition was a great success. Sixty persons from the Orekit community, from space agencies, IT companies and universities / engineering schools have attended this symposium. Nine presentations, which you Read more…
Version 10.0 is a major release of Orekit. Highlights in the 10.0 release are: Security: fix possible denial of service when loading itrf-versions.conf Specialized GNSS propagators Propagation in non-inertial frames DSST OD A new Ionosphere model Modeling phase measurements LAMBDA method for ambiguity resolution Shapiro effect for range measurements Improved Read more…
CS is pleased to announce the 2nd OREKIT DAY on May 23rd, 2019 in Darmstadt, Germany (just after ESA’s ESAW conference). This one-day symposium is dedicated to sharing experiences between contributors and users of OREKIT, the open source space mechanics library, used world-wide by major space actors (CNES, ESA, NASA, Read more…
Airbus Defence and Space has been using Orekit for several years. They have contributed to the discussions on the Orekit mailing lists and provided bug reports and comments for a long time. In the true spirit of open-source, they have decided to go one step further and to contribute directly Read more…
In July 2008, CS decided to release Orekit – whose development had been started internally in 2002 – under the Apache v2.0 license. Ten years later, Orekit provides an amazing collection of algorithms and features. The library has acquired an international reputation and is massively adopted by a lot of Read more…