Orbit Logic STK Scheduler

STK Scheduler

Don’t just find any solution, find an optimized solution. Replace manual planning with Orbit Logic’s STK Scheduler to create and update plans faster and with fewer resources. STK Scheduler provides flexible resource modeling, configurable constraint implementation, and task definition for any type of space system scheduling challenge. Complex satellite system scheduling problems can be defined in minutes and solved in seconds using STK Scheduler. Orbit Logic partners with AGI, an Ansys company, to present STK Scheduler . AGI contributes the core flight dynamics analysis software and the visualization environment. Orbit Logic’s unique approach to task and resource definition along with the powerful algorithm implementation in STK Scheduler finds better solutions faster with easier configuration than traditional rule-based planning systems.

Key Features

Schedule optimization and deconfliction
Manual and automated planning
Seamless interface with STK
Robust task specification and flexible resource definition
Multi-satellite / constellation planning
Web and desktop deployment options

STK Scheduler Ops Concept Overview

User defines resources and attributes
User defines tasks to schedule and constraints
Software finds deconflicted schedule solutions
Software provides validation of manual changes
View schedule solution as Gantt or in STK

STK Scheduler Online Dashboard

Flexible Deployment Options

STK Scheduler’s flexible deployment options allow users a platform that can migrate, when necessary, as your requirements evolve. The most widely used and principal deployment option is the Desktop application where individual users save schedules as files. The STK Scheduler Online interface has all the functionality of STK Scheduler while allowing for customization of permissions with respect to user, data, and workflow.

Desktop

Flagship COTS product
Utilizes connect commands
Seamless interface with STK

Online

Multi-user web interface
Multiple users & permission sets
Generate task and resource reports
Multiple Scheduler instances
Network Accessible

Windows Service

Application can run without a user session
Accessible on machine startup
No UI allowing faster processing

AWS Cloud

Ability to scale workload size within existing infrastructure

Docker Container

Ability to run Scheduler on Linux
Faster deployments
Enhanced security

STK Scheduler Desktop Gantt

Schedule Solution Optimization and Deconfliction

Automated schedule deconfliction
Select from multiple standard algorithms
Plug-in custom algorithms
Algorithm-builder tool supports any mission-specific scheduling rule-set
Configurable figure of merit allows tuning of scheduling goals

Manual and Automated Planning

Assign tasks manually or adjust algorithm-generated schedule solutions
Influence algorithms with lock and defer controls
Run with or without the GUI
Command file import and execution
Comprehensive API for integration with external ground system elements
Drag-and-drop Gantt interface for manual schedule adjustments

Fully integrated with STK, STK Scheduler™ facilitates the application of STK report time constraints to any task and/or resource discrete window definition throughout the schedule definition process. Non-STK time window text files can also be applied if you have additional or alternative sources of access or event data. Report-driven constraints are defined as the schedule is built to show the user related task windows and resource availability times. In addition, a full set of task and resource reports, graphs, conflict analysis tools, and manual change validity check tools are included with the STK Scheduler™ module.

Manual & Seamless Interface with STK

Apply STK Access Calculations and Reports
Resource associations with STK objects
Apply any STK computation as a scheduling constraint for any task or resource
Animate schedule solutions with STK 3D visualization

STK Visualization

Task and resource attributes in STK Scheduler allow any kind of task or resource to be defined at any level of detail to meet any planning requirements.

Application Robust Task Specification

Recurring or single-instance tasks
Fixed or variable task durations
Configurable task priorities
Predecessors and other task dependencies
Task-specific resource requirements
Configurable resource capacity usage per task
No limit on the number or type of tasks

Flexible Resource Definition

Flexible resource definition
Setup and breakdown times
Resource availability and blackout schedules
Associate resources with STK objects
Configurable resource capacity definitions
No limit on the number or type of resources

Automation and Integration

STK Scheduler has a comprehensive API for full
automation and integration with 3rd party software
STK Connect command format
Direct COM and TCP/IP interfaces
Programmatic option for all GUI functions
File import and export
Run STK Scheduler in the background as a service

All Mission Types and Phases

LEO, GEO, interplanetary, lunar, asteroids
Satellites, ground stations, sensors, antennas, payloads, operators, equipment racks, etc.
Spacecraft manufacturers, mission planners, satellite and network operators, long-range forecasters
Feasibility, near real-time, mid-range, long-range
Modeling and analysis, integration and test, pre-launch, launch and early-orbit, on-orbit operations