Developer tools
LunCoSim
reviewed by Pantheonopen-source space mission simulator
Turn mission requirements and operational ideas into a connected model the team can run, inspect and refine. LunCoSim shows what the mission and system need to do together — before design decisions harden into hardware and procedures.
Problem
To show your mission actually working — a lander touching down, a rover driving out, battery and thermal readings running live — you either need a licensed tool and days of specialist work, or you mod Kerbal Space Program. Half of JPL has done the second one.
Solution
Watch your mission run before it exists: a rover driving real lunar terrain with live power and thermal telemetry beside it. Open source, and it runs without a workstation-class GPU.
Use cases
- Record a video of your lander touching down and your rover driving its route, with live subsystem telemetry on screen
- Watch power, thermal and life support run as connected models while the mission plays out.
- Open the same mission with your team in a browser and change it together, live
Who it's for
Space engineers, startups, university teams, and anyone who wants to see a mission run before there's hardware