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2024-03-16  Orekit 12.0.2 released

Version 12.0.2 is a patch release of Orekit, including only bug fixes.

2023-12-30  Orekit 12.0.1 released

Version 12.0.1 is a patch release of Orekit, including only bug fixes.

2023-11-08  Orekit 12.0 released

Version 12.0 is a major release of Orekit.

2023-09-26  2nd Orekit Talk - Propagating Uncertainties, by Florian Humeau

The 2st session of the “Orekit Talks” was held on the 21st of September 2023.

2023-09-05  Petrus Hyvönen is now an official Orekit committer!

The Orekit team is pleased to announce that Petrus Hyvönen is now an official committer.

2023-08-03  Orekit welcomes a new commiter: Mark Rutten!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest committer: Mark Rutten

2023-06-30  Orekit 11.3.3 released

Version 11.3.3 is a patch release of Orekit, including only bug fixes.

2023-05-30  1st Orekit Talk - DSST, by Bryan Cazabonne

The 1st session of the Orekit Talks was held on the 23rd of May 2023 and was a great success.

2023-05-11  Bryan Cazabonne is now PMC member!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest PMC member: Bryan Cazabonne.

2023-02-16  Orekit 11.3.2 released

Version 11.3.2 is a patch release of Orekit, including only bug fixes.

2022-12-24  Orekit 11.3.1 released

Version 11.3.1 is a patch release of Orekit, including only bug fixes.

2022-10-28  Orekit tutorials 11.3 released

Version 11.3 is a minor release of Orekit tutorials which introduces a new tutorial.

2022-10-25  Orekit 11.3 released

Version 11.3 is a minor release of Orekit which introduces new features and bug fixes.

2022-09-22  Welcome Romain and Vincent!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest committers: Romain Serra and Vincent Cucchietti

2022-08-02  Orekit 11.2.1 released

Version 11.2.1 is a patch release of Orekit, including only bug fixes.

2022-07-25  Maxime is now PMC member!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest PMC member: Maxime Journot.

2022-06-20  Orekit 11.2 released

Version 11.2 is a minor release of Orekit which introduces new features and bug fixes.

2022-04-27  Orekit 11.1.2 released

Version 11.1.2 is a patch release of Orekit which introduces bug fixes.

2022-03-17  Orekit 11.1.1 released

Version 11.1.1 is a patch release of Orekit which introduces bug fixes.

2022-02-14  Orekit tutorials 11.1 released

Version 11.1 is a minor release of Orekit tutorials which introduces a new tutorial and bug fixes.

2022-02-14  Orekit 11.1 released

Version 11.1 is a minor release of Orekit which introduces several new features and bug fixes.

2021-11-24  Orekit 11.0.2 released

Version 11.0.2 is a patch release of Orekit which introduces bug fixes.

2021-11-17  Orekit 10.3.2 released

Version 10.3.2 is a patch release of Orekit which introduces an important bug fix.

2021-10-22  Orekit 11.0.1 released

Version 11.0.1 is a patch release of Orekit which introduces bug fixes.

2021-09-20  Orekit 11.0 released

Version 11.0 is a major release of Orekit which introduces several new features and bug fixes.

2021-08-07  Hipparchus 2.0 released

Hipparchus, the mathematical library used by Orekit has released a new version

2021-06-17  Orekit 10.3.1 released

Version 10.3.1 is a patch release of Orekit which fixes one bug.

2021-04-30  Orekit on social media

Orekit library updates are also available on social media.

2021-04-21  Orekit at the 8th European Conference on Space Debris

Orekit library represented at the 8th European Conference on Space Debris 2021.

2020-12-21  Orekit 10.3 released

Version 10.3 is a minor release of Orekit which introduces several new features and bug fixes.

2020-07-15  Orekit 10.2 released

Version 10.2 is a minor release of Orekit which introduces several new features and bug fixes.

2020-06-23  Hipparchus 1.7 released

Hipparchus, the mathematical library used by Orekit has released a new version

2020-05-05  Welcome Clément!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest committer: Clément Jonglez

2020-04-17  Interview of Luc Maisonobe for Cold Star project

Interview of Luc Maisonobe for Cold Star project.

2020-02-21  Orekit Python wrapper 10.1 available

Following the 10.1 main orekit release, the Python wrapper 10.1 is now available.

2020-02-19  Orekit 10.1 released

Version 10.1 is a minor release of Orekit which introduces several new features and bug fixes.

2019-12-11  Orekit at IEEE/ION 2020

Orekit team at IEEE/ION Position Location and Navigation Symposium 2020.

2019-10-30  Hipparchus 1.6 released

Hipparchus, the mathematical library used by Orekit has released a new version

2019-10-02  Welcome Yannick!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest committer: Yannick Jeandroz

2019-07-04  Orekit 10.0 released

This major release introduces several major features in Orbit Determination.

2019-05-28  Orekit Day 2019 – Presentations and first impressions

A great success thanks to the impressive Orekit community

2019-05-06  Hipparchus 1.5 released

Hipparchus, the mathematical library used by Orekit has released a new version

2019-03-16  Orekit 9.3.1 released

This minor release fixes an issue with GPS week rollover.

2019-03-15  Orekit day 2019 - Registration is open!!!

Registration for the 2nd OREKIT DAY on May 23rd, 2019 in Darmstadt, Germany (just after ESA's ESAW conference) is open!

2019-02-19  Welcome Bryan!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest committer: Bryan Cazabonne

2019-02-04  Orekit day 2019 - Second call for presentations

CS is pleased to announce the 2nd OREKIT DAY on May 23rd, 2019 in Darmstadt, Germany (just after ESA's ESAW conference).

2019-01-25  Orekit 9.3 released

This minor release introduces improvements in Orbit Determination and GNSS handling.

2019-01-04  Yannick is now PMC member!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest PMC member: Yannick Jeandroz.

2018-12-05  Orekit day 2019 - Call for presentations

CS is pleased to announce the 2nd OREKIT DAY on May 23rd, 2019 in Darmstadt, Germany (just after ESA's ESAW conference).

2018-11-17  Hipparchus 1.4 released

Hipparchus, the mathematical library used by Orekit has released a new version

2018-08-29  Platform migration

Orekit team decided to take advantage of the server migration to modernize its collaborative tools.

2018-08-03  Airbus Defence and Space contributing to Orekit

Airbus Defence and Space joins the community and contributes to Orekit

2018-07-31  Happy birthday Orekit!

The first open source version of Orekit was released 10 years ago.

2018-05-26  Orekit 9.2 released

This minor release introduces Kalman filtering and several GNSS features.

2018-05-08  Hipparchus 1.3 released

Hipparchus, the mathematical library used by Orekit has released a new version

2018-04-25  Orekit at SpaceOps 2018

Orekit team at SpaceOps 2018.

2018-01-24  Petrus is now PMC member!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest PMC member: Petrus Hyvönen.

2017-12-01  Orekit day 2017 presentations

Presentations given during the symposium which took place in Toulouse on November 27th, 2017.

2017-11-24  Orekit 9.1 released

This minor release introduces ground stations displacements in orbit determination

2017-11-06  Orekit 7.2.1, 8.0.1 and 9.0.1 released for a security fix

These patch releases fix a security issue with XML files parsing

2017-10-25  Hipparchus 1.2 released

Hipparchus, the mathematical library used by Orekit has released a new version

2017-10-06  Orekit day 2017 - save the date

A mini symposium dedicated to Orekit will be hel in Toulouse on 2017 November 27th

2017-07-26  Orekit 9.0 released

This major release introduces Taylor algebra and multi-satellites orbit determination

2017-07-18  Welcome Maxime!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest committer: Maxime Journot

2017-04-27  Space debris movie

ESA releases a space debris movie

2017-04-19  Upcoming version 9.0

Next Orekit version will be 9.0

2017-03-17  Hipparchus 1.1 released

Hipparchus, the mathematical library used by Orekit has released a new version

2016-06-29  Orekit 8.0 released

This major release introduces orbit determination and switches to Hipparchus math library

2016-06-24  Hipparchus 1.0 released

Hipparchus, the new mathematical library used by Orekit has been released

2016-05-16  Orekit 7.2 released

This minor release introduces new times scales and DSST customization

2016-02-07  Orekit 7.1 released

This minor release introduces many new events and enhancements

2016-01-06  Apache Commons Math 3.6 released

This version will be used in the upcoming Orekit 7.1 release.

2015-09-30  Continuous integration

Continous integration, a new best practice implemented in Orekit development

2015-04-03  Hank and Guillermo are now PMC members!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest PMC members: Hank Grabowski and Guillermo Ortega

2015-01-12  New Orekit website

A new website is now online

2015-01-11  Orekit 7.0 released

This major release introduces the complete DSST semi-analytical propagator with short-periodics terms

2014-11-06  Evan is now a PMC member!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest PMC member: Evan Ward

2014-09-18  Welcome Hank!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest committer: Hank Grabowski

2014-06-10  SOCIS 2014 students selection

The final selection of students for SOCIS 2014 is now official. The Orekit project is happy to have two students this year

2014-04-30  Orekit has been selected as a project for SOCIS 2014

Orekit has been selected by ESA for its Summer Of Code In Space (SOCIS) 2014

2014-03-23  KePASSA 2014

You can meet Orekit expert during "Key Topics in Orbit Propagation Applied to Space Situational Awareness" Workshop (KePASSA)

2014-03-19  Ongoing work on DSST

One of the important feature added with the last two versions of Orekit is the Draper Semi-analytical Satellite Theory

2013-12-12  Orekit 6.1 released

Version 6.1 is a minor release of Orekit which introduces several new features and bug fixes

2013-09-29  AMOS SSA Dialogue (Maui)

Nicolas Frouvelle, as Orekit PMC chair, was invited by the Secure World Foundation to attend the international AMOS SSA Dialogue in Maui to foster dialogue among SSA providers and end users

2013-09-05  Initial support for parsing CCSDS Orbit Data Messages

We have just added a long-desired feature into Orekit: support for parsing CCSDS Orbit Data Messages (both OPM, OEM and OMM)

2013-07-18  Orekit has been selected as a project for SOCIS 2013

Orekit has been selected by ESA for its Summer Of Code In Space (SOCIS) 2013

2013-06-26  Slides from ESAW 2013 conference

Two presentations about Orekit have been done during the European Ground System Architecture Workshop (ESAW), 18-19 June 2013 at ESOC, Darmstadt

2013-05-28  ESAW 2013

You can discuss with Orekit expert during European Ground System Architecture Workshop (ESAW), 18-19 June 2013 at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany

2013-05-15  New homepage for Orekit

Orekit website has been refreshed ; visiting https://www.orekit.org/ doesn't direct to the wiki of the forge anymore

2013-04-23  Orekit 6.0 released

This major release introduces many new features like the thread safety for many parts and the inclusion of the DSST semi-analytical propagator

2013-04-01  Welcome Evan!

The Orekit team is happy to welcome our latest committer: Evan Ward

2012-09-27  Orekit Labs opened

Orekit Labs is a place for projects based on Orekit and provided by Orekit users who want to share their work with the community under the same license condition

2012-09-26  Open governance for Orekit

For its 10th birthday, Orekit has switched to open governance