Design, plan & launch
space missions
A complete mission engineering workspace built on the Space Mission Analysis and Design methodology — concept through operations.
A full mission engineering stack
Every tool your team needs, purpose-built for spacecraft programs following the SMAD methodology.
High-Fidelity Orbit Propagator New
Production-grade numerical propagator with NRLMSISE-00 atmospheric drag, spherical-harmonic gravity, solar radiation pressure with eclipse modeling, and Sun/Moon third-body perturbations. Configurable RK4 integrator with per-force-component diagnostics.
Orbit Determination & BLS New
Full Batch Least Squares estimator over multi-station tracking arcs. Real measurement models for range, range-rate, and topocentric azimuth/elevation (ECI to ECEF to ENU via GMST). Per-iteration residuals, postfit RMS, and 6x6 covariance with confidence ellipsoids.
Cislunar Design Studio New
Earth-Moon mission design with CR3BP propagation, Lagrange point family explorer, invariant manifold tubes, Poincare sections, and BCR4BP (Bicircular Restricted 4-Body) mode that adds the Sun as a moving fourth body for stability analysis.
Finite Burn Maneuver Planner New
High-fidelity finite-burn modeling with realistic propulsion-system curves, throttle profiles, gravity losses, and steering laws. Compare against impulsive-burn approximations and export full maneuver schedules.
Collaborative Orbit Designer New
Multi-user mission design canvas with live presence indicators, change broadcasting via Supabase Realtime, integrated trade studies, and version history. Built for distributed engineering teams working the same trajectory in parallel.
AI Trajectory Optimization New
Machine-learning-assisted trajectory optimization with multiple solver backends. Define objectives, constraints, and initial guesses, then let the optimizer search the design space and return Pareto fronts of feasible trajectories with full results history.
Mission Scripting IDE New
In-browser scripting environment for automating mission analysis. Direct programmatic access to all calculator engines, persistent script storage per mission, and shareable run history.
Live Conjunction Screener New
Real-time conjunction screening wired to live propagation data instead of static catalogs. Continuous miss-distance computation, configurable thresholds, and alerting integration.
Operations Dashboard Builder New
Drag-and-drop dashboard composer for mission ops. Build custom panel layouts per role with persistent layouts, plus an automation tab for defining triggered workflows with run-history audit logs.
Mission Dashboard
See your entire mission at a glance. Phase completion, subsystem margins, schedule health, and open risks. No more pulling data from 5 sources into a PowerPoint.
Requirements Management
Import from CSV or DOORS. Auto-detect orphan requirements, circular dependencies, and missing verifications. Find in minutes what manual QA finds in weeks.
Risk Register
Know what kills your mission at a glance. 5x5 heatmap, burndown charts, and mitigation tracking. Stop reconciling risk spreadsheets before every gate review.
Space Environment Analysis
Assess radiation dose, debris risk, and thermal environment for any orbit. Automatic shielding recommendations included.
Orbital Mechanics
Design and optimize orbits without switching to STK or MATLAB. Built-in calculators for altitude, inclination, coverage, ground track, eclipse, and constellation design.
Schedule & Milestones
Track milestones and catch schedule slips before they cascade. EVM metrics, critical path analysis, and schedule health on an interactive Gantt chart.
Spacecraft Design Studio
Size subsystems with mass, power, and thermal budgets. Build a complete design baseline from a 27-thruster propulsion database, actuator sizing, and interface block diagrams with N² compatibility matrices.
Auto-Generated Deliverables
Generate mission documents from your project data — concept docs, SRS, V&V matrices, completion reports — with PDF export.
AI Requirements Generator
Describe your mission objective and let AI draft structured system requirements, stakeholder needs, and constraints — ready to import.
AI Semantic Intelligence New
Vector-powered semantic search, similar item discovery, and RAG-enhanced AI features. Ask questions in plain English and find related requirements and risks by meaning, not just keywords.
Change Control
Manage baseline changes with formal change requests, impact assessments, and an approval audit trail tied to requirements.
Trade Studies
Score competing design alternatives with a weighted scoring matrix, Pugh matrix, decision tree visualization, and sensitivity analysis. Document the decision rationale alongside each trade study.
FMEA / Reliability
Perform Failure Mode and Effects Analysis across all subsystems. Identify single-point failures, calculate RPN scores, and track corrective actions.
Verification Matrix
Assign a Test, Analysis, Inspection, or Demonstration method to every requirement. Track closure status and evidence references across all mission phases.
Import & Gap Analysis New
Import requirements from DOORS (ReqIF) or CSV, detect compliance gaps with 10 automated rules, and track coverage trends. Built-in profiles for NASA, DoD, ESA, and ISO standards.
Phase Gate Checklists
75 pre-seeded review criteria across SRR, PDR, CDR, PRR, MRR, and LRR. Mark items Green / Yellow / Red / N/A and gate readiness updates instantly.
Budget Rollup Dashboard
One view of every mission budget — mass, power, link margin, cost, data rate, ΔV, and schedule with configurable thresholds, margin predictions, and waterfall charts. A single mission health badge tells you whether your program is on track.
Stakeholder Needs & Traceability New
Capture stakeholder needs, link them to requirements, and trace through risks and verifications. 5-level rollup shows traceability health across the mission.
Operations Dashboard New
Monitor ground station contacts, satellite health, and operations timelines. Plan pass schedules and track anomalies from a single operations view.
Program Dashboard New
Executive-level overview of all active missions with health indicators, schedule status, and cost performance across the entire program.
Security Center New
Monitor authentication events, active sessions, and user access patterns. View 2FA enrollment status and security posture across your organization.
Parameter History New
Track every change to mission parameters over time. See who changed what, when, and why — with full diff comparison between revisions.
Mission Simulation New
Time-domain simulation showing what happens to your spacecraft over a full day in orbit — power profiles, thermal transients, link availability, and data budget over time.
Parametric Cost Modeling New
Automated cost estimation from design parameters using NASA USCM8-style CERs. Enter mass and TRL, get a full subsystem cost breakdown with confidence ranges.
CDRL Document Generation New
Generate 16 formal deliverable document types from structured mission data — SRD, ICD, SEMP, TVAC plans, and more. Full CDRL compliance tracking.
Design Branching & Merging New
Git-like version control for requirements and design parameters. Branch a design, explore alternatives, compare diffs, resolve conflicts, and merge back to main.
Sensitivity Analysis New
Explore how changing one parameter cascades through your entire design. Tornado charts, spider plots, Monte Carlo simulation, and scenario comparison.
Heritage Mission Database New
64 real historical missions with accurate mass, power, orbit, and cost data. Sanity-check your design against Hubble, JWST, Starlink, GPS, and more.
Gantt & Critical Path New
Interactive Gantt chart with 37 tasks across all 8 SMAD phases. Dependency arrows, critical path highlighting, milestone diamonds, and phase gate integration.
Spacecraft 3D Viewer New
Interactive wireframe visualization of your spacecraft — bus, solar panels, antenna, and thrusters. Drag to rotate, adjust attitude with roll/pitch/yaw sliders.
VR/AR Design Review New
Immersive design review sessions with annotated spacecraft viewpoints, action tracking, and bidirectional linking to the Spacecraft 3D Viewer. Click a viewpoint to see highlighted subsystems, then jump to the live 3D model at the matching camera angle.
Supply Chain & Component Sourcing New
Bill of materials auto-populated from your mass budget. Track sourcing status, suppliers, lead times, costs, and end-of-life risk for every component. Search distributors and manage alternatives.
Operations & Anomaly Log New
Post-launch operations tracking with shift handover logs, anomaly investigation timelines, and a searchable ops log spanning command uplinks to safe mode events.
Live Parameter Propagation
Change one parameter and see every dependent budget auto-update in real time. Configurable margin thresholds with green/yellow/red health indicators.
Orbit Propagator & 3D Globe
J2 orbit propagation with 2D Leaflet ground track maps and CesiumJS 3D globe visualization. Compute contact windows, eclipse events, and sensor footprints.
Native SysML Modeler
SVG-based visual diagram editor for BDD, IBD, REQ, ACT, and PKG diagrams. Auto-generate from existing mission data with round-trip traceability.
Heritage & TRL Tracking New
Track technology readiness levels (TRL 1-9) for every component, compute heritage confidence scores, and correlate low-heritage items to risk register entries.
COTS Component Catalog New
Browse and compare commercial off-the-shelf space components with advanced filtering, radar chart comparison, weighted scoring, and shortlist management.
Environmental Test Planning New
Plan test campaigns with Gantt timelines, compute test levels per NASA-STD-7001/GEVS, estimate facility requirements, and track test results with readiness checklists.
Native Apple Apps New
Full SMAD Portal experience on every Apple platform. Native iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS applications built with SwiftUI for offline-capable mission engineering on the go.
Collaboration Channels New
Real-time team messaging built into every mission. Public channels for the whole team, private channels for focused groups. Reference requirements, risks, test procedures, and documents inline with # entity mentions. Share documents with clickable links and manage channel membership.
Engineering Calculators & Collaboration
Browser-based aerospace sizing tools and real-time teamwork features — no installs, no spreadsheets.
Engineering Calculators
50+ ToolsRun spacecraft sizing calculations in your browser — powered by SMAD methodology. Each tool outputs results in seconds with no setup required.
Review Workflow
Structured document approval with digital signature log and automatic email notifications on state transitions.
Share Links
Generate expirable read-only share links for any mission view — cryptographically random tokens with optional TTL.
Live Presence
See who else is active on a document in real time. No polling — powered by the Heartbeat API.
Notification Center
In-app notification bell with unread count badge. Covers milestones, review changes, and custom events.
Collaboration Channels
Real-time encrypted messaging per mission with public and private channels, entity mentions, document sharing, and member management.
The SMAD 8-phase process
Every mission follows the proven Space Mission Analysis and Design methodology — from concept to operations.
Built for mission teams
Keep your team aligned with shared logs, action tracking, and a real-time activity feed.
Action Items
Assign and track action items by phase, owner, and due date. Close with documented resolutions.
Decision Log
Record every key decision with rationale, alternatives, and responsible authority. Never lose mission context.
Activity Feed
A live log of every change — requirements added, risks updated, deliverables generated, milestones hit.
Notifications
Get notified when action items are assigned, deliverables are due, or risks are escalated.
Lessons Learned
Capture lessons throughout the program, tagged by phase and category. Build institutional knowledge for future missions.
Company Accounts & RBAC
Create an org account, invite your team, and assign granular roles. 13 mission roles control who can edit engineering data, approve phase gates, manage risks, and generate deliverables.
Entity Mentions
Reference requirements, risks, test procedures, and documents inline in channel messages with # mentions. Clickable chips navigate directly to the referenced item.
Public & Private Channels
Public channels are visible to all mission members with auto-join. Private channels require explicit membership and admin invitation.
Train your team on every tool
27 structured courses covering requirements, risk, ITAR compliance, spacecraft design, orbital mechanics, launch vehicles, ground communications, digital twins, systems architecture, and more. Per-user progress tracking, module quizzes, and hands-on lessons so your team masters every part of the platform.
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Join engineers and program managers using SMAD Portal to plan and deliver space missions.