Course Details
In order to participate in a course, your company or institution must already have requested and received a Monte license from Caltech/JPL
This 3-day course is designed to get you designing and analyzing space
mission orbits and trajectories using JPL's Monte. Each day of the
course is split into two 3-hour sessions (AM and PM), with a mix of
interactive presentations, examples, and Q/A.
Presentations and discussions introduce the topics, provide background
information and context, and allow for interactive Q/A.
Practical examples are provided showing Monte being used to formulate
orbits and trajectories for different mission strategies, and also perform general mission
analysis on orbits and trajectories.
Included with your course registration:
- Pre-course "Productivity with Monte and Docker" Workshop (1-hour)
- Access to "Monte and Docker Productivity Code Package"
- Copies of all presentation materials and code examples used in the course
- Video recordings of the trainings sessions
Familiarity with the following topics are helpful but not required (contact us for questions): Space mission design, astrodynamics, spacecraft navigation, space systems engineering, Python programming language.
Overview
Topics
Examples
Course Overview
A short course for designing and analyzing space mission orbits and trajectories using JPL's MontePre-course workshop
- ~1-week before course
- Get Monte installed on workstation
- Verify installation
- (optional) Monte tutorials
Monte Core Concepts
- Understanding Monte
- Productivity with Monte
- Python and Monte
- Working with data in Monte
Rapid Trajectory Design
- States, coordinates, and trajectories
- Numerical trajectory integration
- Common trajectory formats and I/O
- Basic targeting and optimization
Mission Analysis+
- Event searching
- Frames, directions, and angles
- Generating data products
- More trajectory design
Course Topics
A comprehensive, practical introduction to Monte's most important systems for trajectory design
Introduction
- Past and present of Monte project
- Concepts in Python programming
- Monte core systems
- Monte data I/O support
- Datasets included with Monte
Productivity
- Installation options
- Monte and Docker
- Using Monte's documentation
- Using Monte with an IDE
- Scripting and abstraction
Trajectory Design
- Launch period ("Pork-chop" plots)
- Patched conic gravity assist
- CRTBP
- Differential correction
- Optimization frameworks and options
Mission Analysis
- Search for mission events
- Customize coordinate frames
- Calculate directions and angles
- Light-time corrections
- Generate plots and data products
Code Examples
See Monte in-action on the following examples, copies of code examples are included with your registration
Design Mars Mission
- Define launch period
- Design transfer
- Explore science orbits
Messenger Science Orbit
- Load Messenger mission data
- Retarget encounter with Mercury
- Alter and analyze science orbits
Cassini Prime Tour
- Cassini mission analysis
- Ground station visibility
- Encounters with satellites, more
Other Examples
- Earth-Moon 3-body Orbits
- Reoptimize Mars transfer trajectory
- And more!
