Capabilities and status

What KnownX MPT does, and the standing of each capability.

How status is shown

Each capability has a status. The same status appears as a badge in the System Bar of the workspace.

Status	Badge	Meaning
Validated	VAL	Checked against a reference by an automated test that every release must pass.
Implemented	DEV	Working and tested, not yet checked against an external reference.

Capability	Status	Topic
Point-mass gravity	Validated	Gravity
Earth J2	Validated	Gravity
Earth J3 and J4	Implemented	Gravity
Atmospheric drag	Implemented	Atmospheric drag
Propulsion and propellant use	Implemented	Propulsion and attitude
Mission sequences	Implemented	Mission sequences
Trajectory prediction	Implemented	Trajectory prediction
Conjunction assessment	Implemented	Conjunction assessment
Mission Companion	Implemented	Mission Companion
TLE import and comparison with SGP4	Implemented	Validation Center
Scenario save and load	Implemented	Scenarios and data
Telemetry recording and export	Implemented	Scenarios and data

Area	Covered	Not in this release
Orbit regime	Low Earth Orbit	Long-term propagation in medium and geostationary orbits
Gravity	Point mass from several bodies; zonal terms J2 to J4	Tesseral and sectoral terms; gravity of the Sun and Moon on spacecraft
Atmosphere	Static layered density profile to 1,000 km	Density that varies with solar activity; lift
Other forces	Thrust	Solar radiation pressure
Planning	Scripted sequences, prediction, closest approach	Manoeuvre targeting and optimisation; probability of collision
Scenario size	Up to 8 bodies with full physics
TLE	Import for comparison in the Validation Center	Starting a live scenario from a TLE
Platform	Windows	Linux and macOS

KnownX MPT is a planning and analysis tool. It is not intended as the sole basis for a safety-critical operational decision.