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Astos Solutions GmbH was set up in 2006<br />
from the former IFR – Institute of Flight<br />
Mechanics and Control in Stuttgart. ASTOS<br />
software has been in development since<br />
1989. The ESA uses ASTOS as the reference<br />
software for the likes of trajectory optimisation,<br />
mission analysis, guidance and atmospheric,<br />
orbital and interplanetary flightpath<br />
control. Asides from ASTOS, GESOP, POINT<br />
and VESTA software, NLP-solver WORHP and<br />
SOCS software are distributed by Boeing.<br />
The scope of the applications includes launching<br />
systems, manned space travel, exploration,<br />
earth observation, telecommunications,<br />
robotics and space situational awareness.<br />
Astos Solutions provides trajectory optimisation,<br />
design optimisation, security analysis,<br />
guidance, magnetic torquers, orbit control<br />
systems, algorithms for optical navigation,<br />
visualisation, camera simulation, FPGAs, UAVs<br />
and databases such as the ESA’s Planetary<br />
Database, a part of their asteroid data centre.<br />
Facts & Figures (2010)<br />
Employees 15<br />
Turnover 0.9 mill. €<br />
References ESA, DLR, CNES, Astrium,<br />
Thales-Alenia-Space, GMV,<br />
NASA, KARI, IAE, Kayser-<br />
Threde, Boeing, Reaction<br />
Engines, Starchaser