Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
May/June 2019
February 2018
Reactivation of OpenSimKit and fix of diverse minor bugs. Generation of V3.7.1. - Hugh Chesser and team, York University, Toronto, Canada
December 2010
Fix of longitude position computation, formally implemented via Java Astrodynamics Toolkit. - Michael Fritz, Oliver Zeile, Jens Eickhoff.
April 2010
V3.5.0
Comprising simple spacecraft attitude dynamics and interface to 3D-Astrodynamics toolkit Celestia.
V3.4.0
This release comes with an enhanced MMI featuring a S/C ground track plot over Earth map to track S/C position. - Michael Fritz .
User manual enhancements. - Michael Fritz and Jens Eickhoff.
December 2009
V3.3.0
IntervalController model added which can be used as alternative to the EngineController.
By means of this model e.g. multiple engine firing / off time intervals can be defined.
The PointMass model was updated to interpret resulting forces as being always tangential to orbit flight vector until a detailed attitude dynamics is available.
A first use of both new PointMass and IntervalController was to simulate a first rocket stage Hohmann orbit transfer.
PointMass enhancements. - Ivan Kossev, Universität Stuttgart,
IntervalController, Inputfile configuration for Hohmann Transfer and user manual enhancements. - Jens Eickhoff.
November 2009
V3.2.0
September 2009
V3.1.0
Featuring improved MMI with basic result data plot functionality. - Michael Fritz, Universität Stuttgart
August 2009
V3.0.0
July 2009
V2.7
Release with fluid flow valves for engine fuel and oxidizer flow control as well as an engine controller steering these flow valves. Entire system thermodynamics revised to be robust against engine shutoff (flows = 0.0) and re-ingnition. - Jens Eickhoff
May 2009
V2.6.7
Release with generic logger library for info / debug / error / warning messages. - Timm Pieper
April 2009
V2.6.5
First version with clean port definitions for models and model interconnection of models to system via a port connection table in the input file. - Alexander Brandt
February 2009
V2.5.1
Now implementing absolute simulation time in ISO format. - Alexander Brandt
December 2008
V2.5
Separating kernel and model code. - Alexander Brandt.
First User Manual. - Alexander Brandt & Jens Eickhoff
October 2008
Provision of a simple Orbit Propagator in Java - not yet integrated into OSK. - Ivan Kossev, Universität Stuttgart
September 2008
Port of MatLab SimplePower Model to Java. - Ivan Kossev, Universität Stuttgart
August 2008
OSK-J V2.4.6
First version integrating simulator and former demo of Man Machine Interface. - Alexander Brandt
July 2008
OSK-J V2.4.4
First version with full Ant-based build system. - Alexander Brandt
June 2008
Setup of OSK developers forum. - Michael Fritz, Universität Stuttgart
May 2008
OSK-J 2.4 in Java - port from C++ to Java. - Alexander Brandt, Universität Stuttgart
July 2007
Java control console & simulator demo as multi program multi threading application. - J. Eickhoff
Sept. 2006
"Simple Power" electric system demo. - J. Eickhoff
August 2006
V2.4 (C++)
With div. bug fixes & first Doxygen code docu. - Jochen Scheikl, Matthias Raif, TU München
March 2005
V2.3 (C++)
Featuring XML input file editor. - Peter Heinrich, ETH Zürich
February 2005
V2.2 featuring XML input files. - Peter Heinrich, ETH Zürich
December 2004
V2.1 (C++)
Cleaned up code release no longer comprising unused interfaces. - J. Eickhoff
Winter Term 2004
First OpenSimKit C++ release derived from Author's PhD Thesis and made available as open source student project on www.opensimkit.de. - J. Eickhoff
New Website and minor inputfile corrections and user manual updates.- Jens Eickhoff
February 2018
Reactivation of OpenSimKit and fix of diverse minor bugs. Generation of V3.7.1. - Hugh Chesser and team, York University, Toronto, Canada
January 2011
V3.7.0- Implementation of the provider/subscriber technique for inter-model transfer of physical variables. - Alexander Brandt, Jens Eickhoff
Screen video. - Jens EickhoffDecember 2010
V3.6.0- Dynamically updating plot windows - including ground track plot of the rocket over Earth. - Michael Fritz
Fix of a problem in Celestia with scripted spacecraft attitude via ECI quaternions. - Jens Eickhoff and Ivan Kossev.Fix of longitude position computation, formally implemented via Java Astrodynamics Toolkit. - Michael Fritz, Oliver Zeile, Jens Eickhoff.
April 2010
V3.5.0
Comprising simple spacecraft attitude dynamics and interface to 3D-Astrodynamics toolkit Celestia.
- 3D geometry model and raw Celestia Lua scripts. - Rouven Witt.
- Attitude dynamics implementation. - Ivan Kossev.
- Body frame debugging, code merges, system integration, tests, debugging, packaging and user manual enhancements. - Jens Eickhoff.
V3.4.0
This release comes with an enhanced MMI featuring a S/C ground track plot over Earth map to track S/C position. - Michael Fritz .
User manual enhancements. - Michael Fritz and Jens Eickhoff.
December 2009
V3.3.0
IntervalController model added which can be used as alternative to the EngineController.
By means of this model e.g. multiple engine firing / off time intervals can be defined.
The PointMass model was updated to interpret resulting forces as being always tangential to orbit flight vector until a detailed attitude dynamics is available.
A first use of both new PointMass and IntervalController was to simulate a first rocket stage Hohmann orbit transfer.
PointMass enhancements. - Ivan Kossev, Universität Stuttgart,
IntervalController, Inputfile configuration for Hohmann Transfer and user manual enhancements. - Jens Eickhoff.
November 2009
V3.2.0
Featuring upgraded S/C dynamics computation (point mass model & gravity model) providing positions / velocity vector in ECI, ECEF and lat/lon/alt coordinates.
Upgraded Engine model. - Ivan Kossev, Mario Kobald, Universität Stuttgart
September 2009
V3.1.0
Featuring improved MMI with basic result data plot functionality. - Michael Fritz, Universität Stuttgart
August 2009
V3.0.0
This release comprises essential results from the 1st OpenSimKit Developers Weekend. It completes the rocket simulation by a simplistic Structure Model and includes the realistic Earth Gravity model from the Java Astrodynamics Toolkit (JAT).
This allows first orbit simulations around Earth including delta-V effects. - Mario Kobald, Artur Bohr, Claas Ziemke, Universität Stuttgart + Jens Eickhoff
July 2009
V2.7
Release with fluid flow valves for engine fuel and oxidizer flow control as well as an engine controller steering these flow valves. Entire system thermodynamics revised to be robust against engine shutoff (flows = 0.0) and re-ingnition. - Jens Eickhoff
May 2009
V2.6.7
Release with generic logger library for info / debug / error / warning messages. - Timm Pieper
April 2009
V2.6.5
First version with clean port definitions for models and model interconnection of models to system via a port connection table in the input file. - Alexander Brandt
February 2009
V2.5.1
Now implementing absolute simulation time in ISO format. - Alexander Brandt
December 2008
V2.5
Separating kernel and model code. - Alexander Brandt.
First User Manual. - Alexander Brandt & Jens Eickhoff
October 2008
Provision of a simple Orbit Propagator in Java - not yet integrated into OSK. - Ivan Kossev, Universität Stuttgart
September 2008
Port of MatLab SimplePower Model to Java. - Ivan Kossev, Universität Stuttgart
August 2008
OSK-J V2.4.6
First version integrating simulator and former demo of Man Machine Interface. - Alexander Brandt
July 2008
OSK-J V2.4.4
First version with full Ant-based build system. - Alexander Brandt
June 2008
Setup of OSK developers forum. - Michael Fritz, Universität Stuttgart
May 2008
OSK-J 2.4 in Java - port from C++ to Java. - Alexander Brandt, Universität Stuttgart
July 2007
Java control console & simulator demo as multi program multi threading application. - J. Eickhoff
Sept. 2006
"Simple Power" electric system demo. - J. Eickhoff
August 2006
V2.4 (C++)
With div. bug fixes & first Doxygen code docu. - Jochen Scheikl, Matthias Raif, TU München
March 2005
V2.3 (C++)
Featuring XML input file editor. - Peter Heinrich, ETH Zürich
February 2005
V2.2 featuring XML input files. - Peter Heinrich, ETH Zürich
December 2004
V2.1 (C++)
Cleaned up code release no longer comprising unused interfaces. - J. Eickhoff
Winter Term 2004
First OpenSimKit C++ release derived from Author's PhD Thesis and made available as open source student project on www.opensimkit.de. - J. Eickhoff
