MDS Release changelog
Welcome to the MDS Solaris release log.
What's new in MDS 1.6.0
- Constellation design and management:
- Maneuver Calculator — fuel-optimal continuous-thrust maneuver planning with dynamic execution and branched scenario verification
- Constraint Monitor — real-time orbital element and relative-geometry constraint tracking with future violation prediction and correction request workflow
- Report Generaton - functionality to rapidly generate mission design and management reports
- Grafana expansion — extended dashboard support and Collision Data Message (CDM) feed into Grafana after Space-track login
- Mission log expansion — richer event logging and improved mission event tracking
- Satellite grouping — create and manage named satellite groups with property tags, used across the Constraint Monitor, Maneuver Calculator, and scenario filtering
- Graphical improvements:
- Anti-aliasing improvements for cleaner scene rendering
- Ground assets:
- Iconless ground asset option configurable via API and UI
- Sensor and cone improvements:
- Multiple sensor projections per spacecraft supported simultaneously
- New cone shapes and translation options for sensor FOV positioning
- Constellation parametrization:
- Non-Earth-centred constellation support (Moon, Mars, etc.)
- Batch editing of constellation parameters
What's new in MDS 1.5.0
- Orbit Propagation Improvements:
- Full integration of SGP4 to be used as an internal propagator.
- TUDAT support expansion - custom dynamic modelling and preset propagators for solar system planets.
- Graphical modelling improvements:
- Earth albedo, camera modelling reference axes, Gradual camera blur
- Lens flare, object render distance modifyable and sun brightness modification via API
- Satellite visual material properties are editable in real-time
- Other:
- New MDS launcher to improve navigation upon initial startup
- Internal engine migration to Unity 6
- UI Improvements
- API Installer improvements
- Satellite +constellation parametrization with LTAN
- New library of scenario templates
- Satellite pointing mode expansion, allowing to point satellite with custom targets (GS, satellites, planets)
- Spacecraft and Ground Station sensor FOV projection
- Internal Celestrak and Space-track integration for TLE requests
- Grafana integration and initial dashboard deployment
What's new in MDS 1.4.0
- TUDAT - high precision, highly customizable orbit propagator
- Constellation design and Satellite-Ground geometry and pass calculations
- Basic orbit monitor and station keeping
- WGS84 Ellipsoid implementation
- Orbital decay due to drag and configurable satellite properties
- Visual and functional ground asset expansion
- Satellite torch modelling
- Synthetic data generation framework
- TLE and OMM data ingestion and generation
- Visualized Earth axes.
- Camera improvements- lens flare, chromatic abberations
- Local Time at Ascending Node calculations.