The Spacecraft Control Toolbox (SCT) lets you design, analyze and simulate spacecraft. This product is used worldwide by leading research and development organizations and spacecraft manufacturers. Over two thousand functions are provided for attitude and orbit dynamics, simulation, analysis and design. You can build a satellite using the graphical CAD tools; design and analyze the control systems; perform disturbance analyses and test the control system in a six degree-of-freedom simulation - all in the MATLAB environment.
Princeton Satellite Systems has used this toolbox over the past decade to design the Indostar/Cakrawarta-1 geosynchronous communications satellite attitude control system; the TDRS momentum management system; formation flying systems for NASA/GSFC and on many other projects. Many of the tools are the product of our own research and development and are not available anywhere else! Extensive documentation, including a 500 page theory manual, is included.
The core toolbox is available in classroom learning and professional editions. The Classroom Learning Edition is suitable for undergraduate and graduate attitude control system design and analysis. The Pro Edition includes additional software for estimation and Kalman filters, orbit mechanics and mission analysis, and link, propulsion, and thermal analysis. Add-on modules are available to the Pro Edition for formation flying, solar sails, and spin-axis attitude determination in a transfer orbit. Click on the product names in the table below to navigate to the relevant pages.
| SCT Products |
| Classroom Learning Edition |
| Professional Edition |
| Formation Flying Module |
| Solar Sail Module |
| Spin Axis Attitude Determination Module |
View our online API which contains the headers for every function and demo in the toolbox!
Download the Professional Edition User's Guide here. We also have a Getting Started sheet and a copy of our Software License Agreement.
The Professional Edition pages have detailed information on software features including tech briefs and demos for download. The Classroom Edition has its own API and User's Guide available from the Classroom product page.
Customers can download their products from our download site. You will need your username and password.
If you need additional assistance, please feel free to contact our engineers with specific questions. For quotes and other purchasing questions please contact Stephanie Thomas.
Stephanie Thomas
Senior Technical Staff
sjthomas at psatellite.com