Why MONTE?


MONTE is a state-of-the-art astrodynamic Python library. With over a decade of operational use on NASA’s most demanding deep space robotic missions, MONTE is JPL’s prime system for delivering spacecraft anywhere in the solar system.

MONTE provides a platform on which users can build their own custom aerospace tools. It supplies the basic astrodynamic infrastructure --- trajectory models, coordinate frames, high precision time, astrodynamic event searches, sensitivity analysis, numerical integrators, optimization, etc --- allowing you to focus on the problem at hand. All this capability comes with extensive hyperlinked documentation, from introductory tutorials to low level mathematical details.

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CAPABILITIES

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CORE SYSTEMS

MONTE provides a core set of astrodynamic systems to serve as a platform for creating custom applications.


Astrodynamic data management
Trajectory and coordinate frame representation
Parameter partial derivatives
Numerical integration

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MISSION DESIGN

MONTE has an array of tools for trajectory design and space mission analysis and visualization.


MONTE cosmic trajectory optimization tool
SparQ 3D visualization library
Low-level optimization toolkit
Monte-Carlo framework

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FLIGHT NAVIGATION

MONTE has world class orbit determination and flight path control libraries.


UI navigation interface
Measurement processing system
UD / SRIF navigation filters
K-Matrix maneuver design




LICENSING MONTE


MONTE is ITAR-free and available to license for commercial, research and classroom use. For information about getting an individual or site-wide license for MONTE, send a request to: mdn_software@jpl.nasa.gov.



MONTE is a product of the Mission Design and Navigation Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with sponsorship from NASA’s Multimission Ground System and Services (MGSS/AMMOS) program office. MONTE is Caltech Proprietary.