Orekit Tutorials library contains the Java tutorials for the Orekit library.
OREKIT (ORbits Extrapolation KIT) is a free low-level space dynamics library written in Java.
It provides basic elements (orbits, dates, attitude, frames …) and various algorithms to handle them (conversions, analytical and numerical propagation, pointing …).
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Orekit is freely available both in source and binary formats, with all related documentation and tests.
It is distributed under the Apache License Version 2.0. This is a well known business-friendly license. This means anybody can use it to build any application, free or not. There are no strings attached to your own code.
Everybody is encouraged to use Orekit as a common low level layer to improve interoperability in space systems.
Orekit has been in development since 2002 inside CS Group and is still used and maintained by its experts and an open community. It is ruled by a meritocratic governance model and the Project Management Committee involves actors from industry (CS, Thales Alenia Space, Applied Defense Solutions), research (Naval Research Laboratory), agencies (European Space Operations Centre, European Space Research and Technology Centre) and academics (University at Buffalo, Institut National Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace - Sup’Aéro).
Orekit has already been successfully used during the real time monitoring of the rendez-vous phase between the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and the International Space Station (ISS) by the Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES, the French space agency) and European Space Agency (ESA).
Orekit has been selected in early 2011 by CNES to be the basis of its next generation space flight dynamics systems, including operational systems, study systems and mission analysis systems.
It has been used in numerous studies and for operational systems among the world.