Plugin Claude Code
12-skill space engineering pack: propulsion, orbital mechanics, structures, thermal, satellite comms, power systems, GNC, payloads, mission architecture, ground systems, launch operations, and space environment. Synthetic NASA for Claude Code.
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Calculate launch cost for a payload to orbit — find cheapest vehicle or analyze specific one.
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Satellite communications link budget — EIRP, G/T, C/N, margin calculation.
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Full mission architecture — from requirements to vehicle selection, delta-v budget, staging, and cost estimate.
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Plan orbital trajectory — Hohmann transfers, launch windows, delta-v requirements.
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Side-by-side comparison of launch vehicles — cost, payload, reusability.
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Expert spacecraft guidance, navigation and control (GNC) / attitude determination and control systems (ADCS) analysis — sensor selection, actuator sizing, pointing budgets, disturbance torque analysis, control mode design, and momentum management. Use when designing ADCS architectures, selecting star trackers or…
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Expert ground segment and mission operations engineering — ground station network design, pass planning and contact analysis, CCSDS TT&C protocols, data processing pipelines, and MOC architecture. Use when sizing ground networks, calculating contact windows, estimating daily data volume, designing operations concepts…
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Expert launch operations and integration engineering — launch site selection, rideshare vs dedicated trades, adapter and separation system selection, countdown timelines, deployment sequence design, and launch window calculation. Use when selecting a launch site, planning a launch campaign, sizing adapters…
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Lead systems engineer and mission architect — the integrating function across all spacecraft subsystems. Owns top-level budgets (mass, power, data, delta-v, thermal, link, cost), requirements decomposition (L0-L4), mission phase planning (Phase 0 through F per ECSS/NASA), design review gates (SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR…
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Orbital mechanics and astrodynamics for spacecraft mission design. Covers Keplerian orbital elements, two-body and restricted three-body problems, Hohmann and bi-elliptic transfer orbits, constellation design using Walker delta patterns, launch window analysis, porkchop plots for interplanetary trajectories, ground…
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Expert payload and instrument engineering — optical sizing, detector selection, spectral band design, data rate budgets, and science operations planning. Use when designing Earth observation cameras, spectrometers, SAR payloads, lidar systems, or radiometers. Covers GSD calculation, diffraction-limited aperture…
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Expert spacecraft electrical power system engineering — solar array sizing, battery selection, power budget analysis, eclipse energy balance, RTG sizing, and bus architecture trades. Use when designing EPS subsystems, sizing solar arrays for any orbit, selecting batteries for eclipse support, building power budgets by…
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Expert rocket propulsion analysis — engine selection, delta-v budgets, staging optimization, mission architecture, and propellant trade studies. Use when designing launch vehicles, evaluating engine performance, calculating orbital mechanics, comparing propulsion systems, or reviewing mission feasibility. Trigger with…
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Expert satellite communications link engineering — link budget analysis, antenna sizing, frequency band selection, modulation and coding optimization, and RF architecture design. Use when calculating EIRP, G/T, C/N, Eb/N0, link margins, sizing antennas, selecting frequency bands, evaluating rain fade, or designing…
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Expert space environment and survivability engineering — radiation analysis, debris risk, atmospheric drag, single event effects, and shielding design. Use when characterizing the radiation environment for any orbit, calculating total ionizing dose behind shielding, estimating single event effect rates, computing…
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Expert spacecraft structural analysis — launch loads, material selection, stress & buckling analysis, margin-of-safety calculations, and mass-optimized mechanical design. Use when sizing primary/secondary structure, evaluating quasi-static and dynamic load environments, selecting aerospace materials, performing…
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Expert spacecraft thermal control systems engineering — energy balance analysis, radiator sizing, heater power budgets, TPS material selection, cryogenic chain design, and orbit-average thermal predictions. Use when performing thermal balance calculations, sizing radiators or heat pipes, selecting thermal coatings…