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AstroModels.jl providing astrodynamics force models (gravity, SRP, drag) for the JSMD ecosystem. Use when computing gravitational acceleration, solar radiation pressure, atmospheric drag, or building force model compositions for orbit propagation.

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AstroModels.jl

Astrodynamics force models for the JSMD ecosystem. Repo: JuliaSpaceMissionDesign/AstroModels.jl

Type Hierarchy

AbstractAccelerationModel
├── AbstractGravityModel{T}
│   ├── Point mass (central body)
│   ├── Third-body gravity
│   ├── Relativistic corrections
│   ├── Spherical harmonics (ICGEM/PDS)
│   ├── Polyhedron
│   ├── Mascons
│   └── PINN (neural network)
└── AbstractSolarPressureModel{T}
    ├── Cannonball SRP
    └── Flat plate SRP

Shadow models: Conical, Cylindrical

Core API

# All models implement this interface
a = compute_acceleration(model, args...)

# Gravity models also implement
U = compute_potential(model, args...)

Loading Gravity Models

# Parse coefficient data from ICGEM or PDS format files
data = parse_data(Float64, DataType, filename; kwargs...)
model = parse_model(Float64, ModelType, DataType, args...)

Key Conventions

  • Implements AbstractAccelerationModel interface from JSMDInterfaces
  • Uses PreallocationTools for cache buffers in mutable model types
  • Third-body positions resolved via JSMDInterfaces.Frames.vector3 (frame graph lookup)
  • Depends on Tempo.jl for time handling
  • StaticArrays for return types