Due to the sensitive nature of these products, access to this software is tightly controlled. All applicants must be working on Astrodynamic-related programs in support of or in partnership with the U.S. Government. These products are not available for export or for commercial use.  

Why Should You Use AFSPC Astrodynamic Standards?

The Astrodynamic Standards were developed to ensure interoperability for users of the JSpOC satellite catalog. In order to obtain the most accurate prediction, users need to use the same propagator models that were used to generate the satellite catalog. The accuracy of an astrodynamic algorithm is primarily a function of its underlying physics model and the accuracy and compatibility of the data it uses. It is easy to understand that the "better" the underlying physics model or the more accurate the data, the more accurate the algorithm's calculation. However, it is not as intuitively obvious that the prediction model must also be compatible with those models generating the orbital data that it uses as input.

If the data products (either Two-Line Elements (TLEs) or Vector Covariance Messages (VCMs)) produced by the JSpOC orbit determination algorithms are used by a customer with a compatible propagator, they will make the "most accurate" prediction possible. However if the same JSpOC TLE or VCM is used by a customer with a non-compatible propagator, they will get a "less accurate" prediction.