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ASTOS
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The development of ASTOS (formerly named ALTOS) started in 1989 at the <a href="/facts/German_Aerospace_Center/nIeKtKqd">DLR</a> in <a href="/facts/Oberpfaffenhofen/MImqPVUT">Oberpfaffenhofen</a> and MBB (now Astrium). In 1991 the Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control (IFR) at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Stuttgart/Fj4bN8UX">University of Stuttgart</a> under the head of Prof. Klaus Well took the responsibility for the development of ASTOS. In 1999 the commercialization of ASTOS began. In the period 2001-2006 ASTOS was sold by Technology Transfer Initiative of the <a href="/facts/University_of_Stuttgart/Fj4bN8UX">University of Stuttgart</a> (TTI). Since September 2006, the newly founded company Astos Solutions GmbH is responsible for development and sales of ASTOS. </p> <h2 id="projects">Projects</h2> <p>ASTOS is being extensively used in aerospace agencies and industry since 1998, hereafter a not complete list of project is presented where the software was involved during the design or accomplishment of the space mission. </p> <ul><li>Performance map of conventional launch vehicle: <a href="/facts/Ariane_6/4JJaWjfb">Ariane 6</a>, <a href="/facts/Ariane_5/H78wlLG4">Ariane 5</a>, <a href="/facts/Vega_(rocket)/AuH9mJ32">Vega</a>, <a href="/facts/Soyuz_(rocket_family)/cGMjYIPX">Soyuz</a> from <a href="/facts/Guiana_Space_Centre/hp6TSJ6W">Guiana Space Centre</a>, several <a href="/facts/FLPP/c5UbKT4y">FLPP</a> concepts, <a href="/facts/VLM_(rocket)/z4J03V8I">VLM</a></li> <li>Feasibility study of reusable launch vehicle: <a href="/facts/Hopper_(spacecraft)/B5mP1Bwh">Hopper</a>, <a href="/facts/Skylon_(spacecraft)/b8YIGYjn">Skylon</a>, <a href="/facts/SpaceLiner/67jnc4Pv">SpaceLiner</a>, <a href="/facts/Fast_20XX/J59H9vqj">Fast 20XX</a> ALPHA.</li> <li>Earth Atmospheric re-entry: <a href="/facts/X-38/20yFutMh">X-38</a>, <a href="/facts/Atmospheric_Reentry_Demonstrator/Kku3y4C0">Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator</a>, <a href="/facts/IXV/lwSnkgWb">IXV</a>, EXPERT.</li> <li>Safety aspect related to the <a href="/facts/Automated_Transfer_Vehicle/sHdKC0wv">ATV</a> re-entry.</li> <li>Planetary re-entry: <a href="/facts/Beagle_2/23Srm0y0">Beagle 2</a>, <a href="/facts/ExoMars/LjWF3wIT">ExoMars</a>, <a href="/facts/Huygens_(spacecraft)/a4CxSs7N">Huygens</a>.</li> <li>Orbit transfer and <a href="/facts/Space_rendezvous/8KlcQyyf">Space rendezvous</a>: <a href="/facts/ConeXpress/evIqberM">ConeXpress</a>, <a href="/facts/German_Aerospace_Center/nIeKtKqd">DLR</a> DEOS, <a href="/facts/OHB_SE/FuCSx32h">OHB SE</a> Electra.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sounding_rocket/em1GgGND">Sounding rocket</a>: <a href="/facts/Sharp_Edge_Flight_Experiment/fzWuaBP2">SHEFEX</a> II and III, <a href="/facts/Maser_(rocket)/hlhdCIGT">Maser</a>11.</li> <li>Mission Analysis: <a href="/facts/STE-QUEST/A2mr7DEn">STE-QUEST</a>,</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Trajectory_optimization/cjQAMobd">Trajectory optimization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/General_Mission_Analysis_Tool/j8JVRzAs">General Mission Analysis Tool</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.astos.de">Astos Solutions website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081201120944/http://www.ifr.uni-stuttgart.de/index_en.html">Website of the Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control, University of Stuttgart</a></li></ul>