SODA Features and Analysis Capabilities

SODA Features

• Spacecraft Geometry Builder Used for Plume Impingement Analysis – Using Rectangles
• 6DOF Thruster Jet Select Algorithm – Using Rectangles
• Thruster Tables and Duty Cycles – User Can Specify
• Multiple Spacecraft Library – DSG, ISS, Progress, Soyuz, MARE (Lander)
• Prox-Ops Model – Specifiable Standoff Distance
• Vecor Plume Model – Includes Thrust Decay Model
• Plume Induced Disturbance Calculation – Torque, Momentum, Propellant, Free-Drift Rates

SODA Analysis Capabilities

Spacecraft/Visiting Vehicles

• Calculate Translational and Rotational Jet Select
• Calculate Translational & Rotational Control Authority
• Evaluate Impact of Different Thruster Duty Cycles
• Monte Carlo Analysis for Delta CM Impact on Jet Select & Control Authority

Stations

• Calculate Plume Impingement Induced Disturbances
• Monte Carlo Analysis for Parameter Impact on Plume Impingement – Delta CM, Delta Orientation, VV Standoff
• Evaluate and Design Performance During VV Prox-Ops
• Perform Capabilities Listed Under Spacecraft/Visiting Vehicles

Analysis Can Be Saved to File for Re-use