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STARMAD

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STARMAD is a Space Mission Analysis and Design tool, intended to enable users to quickly and easily perform the following tasks:
1. Preliminary Orbit Analysis, in terms of Dynamics, Geometry, Manoeuvre and Maintenance, Interplanetary Transfer, and Delta-V Budget.
2. Observation Payload Analysis, in terms of Electromagnetic Spectrum, Optics and Sizing.
3. Spacecraft Subsystems Design, considering Attitude Control, Communications, Power System, Propulsion System, Structural Analysis and Thermal Control.
4. Launch and Transfer Vehicle Information.
5. Mission Operation Complexity, from the point of view of Mission Design and Planning, Flight System Design, Operational Risk Avoidance, Ground Systems.

It's main features are:
- Possibility to perform all, or only a subset of, the tasks listed above.
- Easy to use through the graphical user interface GUI.
- Capability to concurrently analyse Space Mission aspects.
- Configuring STARMAD with an existing space mission and satellite, it is possible to check the impacts that any modifications have on a Mission.
- Export data and possibility to generate a full Space Mission Report.

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