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STK 6.0New features and future products

2nd ESA Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques workshopESA/ESTEC

Emmet Fletcher & Deep Damle

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STK 6.0

• STK 6.0– Comprehensive STK upgrade– Major improvements for 3D representation of complex data– Navigation Tool Kit released

• Improvements for:– Mission planners– Systems engineers and System analysts– Navigation (Galileo/GPS/Glonass) analysis

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STK 6.0 Overview

Major upgrade areas:

– New terrain and imagery rendering (STK/AVO) – Camera control (viewpath editing) (STK/AVO) – Object editing in 3D window (STK/VO and STK/AVO) – Sensor visualization with terrain (STK/Pro) – Sensor visualization with constraints (STK/Pro) – Coverage contours in 3D window (STK/COV and

STK/VO/AVO) – Attitude coverage (STK/ATT and STK/COV) – Interference analysis with constraints (STK/Comm) – Symbology and visual cues (STK/VO and STK/AVO)

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Terrain/imagery rendering

• New format

• Less memory required

• Faster rendering

• Backward compatible

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Camera control

• Easy 3D editing

• Graphical key-frame manipulation

• Camera viewinganimation

• Linked windows

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Object editing in 3D window

• Object tools

• Way-point editing

• Connect 3D and 2D views

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Sensor visualization with terrain

• Visualization that matches analytical results

• Visualization in 2D and 3D

Central body projection

Terrain intersection

2D Map Window

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Sensor visualization with constraints

Visualize sensor constraints

• Minimum ground elevation angle

• Object exclusion

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Coverage in 3D window

3D display

of STK coverage

analysis

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Attitude coverage

• Coverage analysis as a function of attitude

• 3D display on the attitude sphere

• Applies to all pertinent constraints

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Interference analysis

• Interference constraints

• Receiver, transmitter or interferer coverage

• Ground diffraction effects (TIREM)

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TIREM for STK/Comm

• Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model (TIREM)

• “De facto” standard propagation tool for the United States Federal Government

• Predicts radio frequency propagation loss over irregular terrain and seawater

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STK/Matlab

• Enhanced Aero Toolbox functionality– Propagators– Coordinate/time/date conversions– Great arc route– Map details

• Some functionality licensed with STK/PRO and STK/COV– DTED functions– MSGP4 propagator– DOP– Coverage grids

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Navigation Tool Kit (NTK)

• Analyse system performance– Navigation accuracy– Coverage– Availability

• High-fidelity models– Ionospheric models– Solid-Earth tides– Real-world receiver modelling

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NTK Data Integration

Environmental Data

Environmental Environmental DataData

Interference Data

Interference Interference DataData

Ionospheric Data

Ionospheric Ionospheric DataData

Civil DataCivil Civil DataData

NAVIGATION TOOL KIT

NAVIGATION TOOL KIT

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NTK Current Status

• Stand-alone product– Can be controlled through STK/Connect– Data interchange with STK suite

• Currently supports GPS only– Working towards Galileo compatibility

• Released now

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STK – The Future

Available Now

• STK/X– Integrate STK into your platform– Use a wide range of programming languages

• VB, VBA, Java, J#, Perl, Flash, Matlab, C, C++, C#, .NET etc.

– The full range of STK analysis, reporting, visualisationand data integration embedded in your solution

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STK –The Future

Coming really, really soon

• STK/Author – STK/Reader– Create stand-alone copies of your scenarios– Similar to Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader– Perfect for communication between Primes and

Subs/ESA– No STK installation required for STK/Reader

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STK – The Future

• 4DX– A completely integrated solution– Your software, one installation, one license– Reduce production cycles for bespoke software

• Globeserver– Streaming imagery and terrain over the intra/internet– Centralised data repository

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Thank You

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