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.
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
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
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.