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City Blacksburg / Waterloo / / Company Alcatel / Space Systems Simulation Laboratory / Realtime Technologies / / Country Italy / Canada / / / Facility library UML / University of Waterloo / Space Systems Simulation Laboratory / Northwest Industrial University Space Institute / NASA’s Mission Simulation Facility / / IndustryTerm simulation tools / software design / simulation in software / spacecraft simulation modeling tool / test satellite algorithms / software offers / software engineers / external applications / spacecraft applications / miscellaneous tools / software package / open-source software / / OperatingSystem Mac OS X / Linux / Microsoft Windows / GNU / Cross-platform / / Organization Virginia Tech / Space Institute / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / University of Waterloo / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / / Position author / original author / / ProgrammingLanguage XML / php / HTML / C++ / / ProvinceOrState Virginia / / Technology Linux / simulation / operating system / HTML / test satellite algorithms / / URL http / SocialTag 
Abstract Open-Source software offers key advantages to space systems simulation, design and operations. Mission timelines can span decades, potentially outlasting the lifetime of commercial applications and companies. By