Lightspeed is a high-fidelity simulation environment ideal for a wide range of satellite mission design, analysis, and testing applications
Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) Development
- High-fidelity control validation
GNC Algorithm Testbed
- Sensor fusion, estimation, control law development
Control-Structural Interaction
- Jitter modelling, actuator-sensor interaction
Optical laser-based communication
- Modular optical terminal support for acquisition and tracking mod/sim
Lightspeed supports rapid
decision-making on complicated
spacecraft design issues
Get the 90% answer in an hour,
not the 3σ answer in two weeks
Simulates spacecraft attitude/orbit dynamics via 6 degree-of-freedom (6DOF) model
- Fast numerical integrator simulates vehicle dynamics
- Generic algorithm implements a variety of complex control laws
- Realistic simulation by accounting for external forces/torques added to disturbance modelling
- User-added GNC sensors and actuators
- Accommodates flexible body dynamics to model control-structure interaction
Flexible Python software baseline
Portable to a variety of platforms and networks
Internally funded since 2023
Guided by decades of SSI GNC engineering experience
LIGHTSPEED
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Lighting the future for Spacecraft Dynamics Mod/Sim
Email us at lightspeed@ssi.space
to find out how SSI can model your
complicated spacecraft better and
faster than anyone else!