AGI Blogs

Free webinar: Upcoming graphics enhancements in STK

Posted on January 25, 2012 by reicher

In preparation for our upcoming webinar on STK Display Enhancements this Thursday at 1:30 ET, I wanted to introduce some of the topics our presenter Jimmy Tucholski will cover. Jimmy is one of AGI’s lead developers and has been at … Continue reading →

Posted in Industry, Products, STK, Tech Talk | Tagged graphics enhancements, STK, webinar | 1 Comment

A second chance for UTC

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Astrodamus

After more than a decade of consideration, on January 19 the Radiocommunication Assembly of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R) decided to postpone its decision on whether to redefine Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for another three years. The fate of the … Continue reading →

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Space Foundation Adds Certified Educational Product Partner to STK’s Credentials

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Joanne Welsh

The Space Foundation, perhaps best known to the general public for certifying space products that improve life on Earth, has selected AGI’s STK software as its newest Certified Educational Product partner. The Foundation had already named STK a Certified Space … Continue reading →

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NASA captures images of ISS Lunar Transit

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Adam Gorski

On Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, NASA captured stunning images of the International Space Station (ISS) in Earth orbit passing directly in front of the moon. This unique alignment provided for some spectacular perspectives of the space station against the lunar … Continue reading →

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Meeting GEOINT challenges with commercial capability

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Todd Smith

In November 2010, I sat in the New Orleans Convention Center on the final day of the GEOINT 2010 Symposium listening to General James Cartwright’s keynote address. He pointed out the continued need to support our folks who have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Industry, STK | Tagged GEOINT, NGA, The Future of Commercial GEOINT Services | Leave a comment

Don’t leap to change Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Astrodamus

The American Astronautical Society just published “Decoupling Civil Timekeeping from Earth Rotation,” a book on the future of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the foundation for almost all clocks around the world. The book details the proceedings of a colloquium held … Continue reading →

Posted in Industry | Tagged AGI, American Astonautical Society, Analytical Graphics, book, Civil, Coordinated Universal Time, Decoupling, From Earth, Inc. (AGI), International Telecommunication Union, Leap second, Rotation, Timekeeping, UTC | Leave a comment

“Chinese GPS” system (BeiDou) begins service

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Adam Gorski

STK Analysis showing Beidou satellite regional coverage

After the announcement that China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite Constellation is now operational, STK analysis was rapidly performed to model, analyze and visualize the coverage quality of the new system. Continue reading →

Posted in Industry, STK, Tech Talk | Tagged Asia, Beidou, China, GPS, Navigation, Satellite, SatNav, South China Sea, space situational awareness, ssa | 1 Comment

Marooned Russian Mars mission will end in reentry soon

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Joanne Welsh

For the third time since September, eyes will be pointed skyward in early 2012 as yet another satellite falls to Earth. This time it is a Russian spacecraft—Phobos-Grunt—that became marooned in Low Earth Orbit when its Earth-escape engines failed to … Continue reading →

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AGI graphics and expertise populate new book about orbital debris threat

Posted on December 19, 2011 by sclaypoole

Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA’s Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Program is a new book from the National Research Council that examines NASA’s efforts to understand the meteoroid and orbital debris environment, identifies what NASA is … Continue reading →

Posted in Industry, STK | Tagged China ASAT, collision analysis, Iridium/Cosmos, Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA's Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Program, Orbital debris | Leave a comment

STK 9.2.3 released

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Poley

The third maintenance release for STK 9.2 and related modules is now available. This new release features: • a new altitude constraint option for Area Target objects available through Connect • improvements for the STK/SEET module including: • a new Average … Continue reading →

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