API Reference

TU Delft Astrodynamics Toolbox in Python, or tudatpy, is a library that primarily exposes the powerful set of C++ libraries, Tudat. TudatPy aims at accelerating the implementation of Tudat simulations, providing an interface between Tudat and popular machine learning frameworks and establishing a platform to provide quality education in the field of astrodynamics.

Modules

• astro
  • frame_conversion
  • element_conversion
  • time_conversion
  • two_body_dynamics
  • polyhedron_utilities
  • gravitation
  • fundamentals
• constants
  • Constants
• data
  • horizons
  • mpc
  • sbdb
  • mission_data_downloader
  • Functions
• exceptions
  • spice_exceptions
  • Classes
• interface
  • spice
• math
  • interpolators
  • root_finders
• numerical_simulation
  • estimation_setup
  • environment_setup
  • propagation_setup
  • estimation
  • environment
  • propagation
  • Functions
  • Classes
• trajectory_design
  • transfer_trajectory
  • shape_based_thrust
• plotting
  • Functions
• util
  • Functions
  • Classes

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