Our Integrated GN&C Toolchain

Ten proprietary tools—developed, validated, and maintained in‑house—let us design, verify, and deliver flight‑ready guidance, navigation, and control systems faster and with lower program risk. We do not license these tools; we deploy them on your project to compress schedules, tighten margins, and streamline certification.

Why an Internal Toolchain?

  • Speed & Consistency →  Common data models and interfaces remove hand‑offs between design phases.
  • Evidence by Design →  Trace artifacts—from requirements to Monte‑Carlo coverage—are generated automatically.
  • Lower Risk →  Integrated FDIR, simulation, and certification utilities catch issues early.
  • Mission Tailoring →  Each tool is configurable—planetary body, sensor suite, propulsion type—without re‑coding.

Traditional vs Astro Workflow

Dimension Traditional Approach Astro Toolchain
Schedule Serial hand‑offs, siloed analysis Parallelised design‑verify loop; ~30‑50 % faster
Verification Late Monte‑Carlo, manual evidence collation Continuous Monte‑Carlo + auto‑evidence export
Integration Custom scripts between tools Unified data schema & APIs
Certification Docs Spreadsheet trackers, manual PDFs Automated NASA‑aligned compliance dossier
Cost Risk High late‑phase churn Early issue discovery, fewer redesign cycles

The 10‑Tool Stack

AstroNav

Mission‑grade state estimation for position, velocity, and attitude.

  • High‑fidelity sensor fusion (IMU, GNSS, star tracker, sun sensor, LiDAR)
  • Fault‑tolerant propagation through outages, eclipses, and mis‑alignments
  • On‑orbit calibration and alignment utilities

AstroGuidance

Optimal trajectories and maneuvers—from concept to execution.

  • Low‑thrust, multi‑body, and rendezvous trajectory solvers
  • Constraint‑aware targeting with duty‑cycle, plume, and keep‑out limits
  • Closed‑loop guidance hooks for on‑board replanning

AstroControl

Deterministic control laws for precision pointing and orbit keeping.

  • Linear, nonlinear, and robust designs with anti‑windup handling
  • Actuator allocation with saturation and rate‑limit constraints
  • Jitter‑suppression and stability envelopes validated via Monte‑Carlo

AstroSim Twin

Six‑DOF digital twin for design, verification, and ops rehearsal.

  • High‑order rigid‑body dynamics with environmental torques & perturbations
  • Scenario scripting, failure injection, and Monte‑Carlo batch drivers
  • Time‑synchronised I/O layers for bench or processor‑in‑the‑loop tests

GN&C Integrator

Combines navigation, guidance, and control into a validated stack.

  • Interface contracts and real‑time scheduling budgets auto‑checked
  • Auto‑generated mode/state sequencing and data‑flow diagrams
  • Continuous regression test‑packs with pass/fail dashboards

AstroFDIR

Detects, isolates, and recovers from off‑nominal events.

  • Rule‑ and model‑driven monitors with tunable thresholds
  • Safe‑mode entry and recovery state machines
  • Failure‑family coverage analysis and dwell‑time metrics

AstroForge

Generates flight‑ready C/C++ from verified GN&C designs.

  • Targets core‑Flight (cFS) and integrates with Trick‑based sims
  • Auto‑emitted unit‑test scaffolds and stubs
  • Static‑analysis profiles (e.g., MISRA‑C 2012) selectable

Ops Planning

Constraint‑aware command timelines, end‑to‑end.

  • Phase templates: commissioning → cruise → proximity → EOL
  • Scheduler honours thermal, power, antenna and keep‑out zones
  • Exports to common Mission‑Planning‑System (MPS) formats

Astro V&V

Verification and validation—integrated from day one.

  • Bidirectional requirements trace from spec to evidence
  • High‑coverage Monte‑Carlo and worst‑case search campaigns
  • Comprehensive verification reports with margin accounting

Astro Certification Toolkit

Streamlines evidence and compliance reporting.

  • NASA‑aligned compliance matrices and checklists
  • Evidence tracking, electronic sign‑offs, and audit trails
  • One‑click dossier export for authority submission

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