# astrodynamics-mcp MCP Server

Astrodynamics MCP server: TLE/SGP4, Lambert, access windows, porkchop, B-plane targeting.

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## Connect

Published as `astrodynamics-mcp` on pypi. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**75 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### Viz subsystem quality review: bugs, simplification, doc drift, test gaps

## Goal

End-of-subsystem review pass over the v0.4 viz surface before the release cut — the analogue of the v0.2 GMAT (#95) and v0.3 SPICE (#128) reviews. Roll findings into a single triaged backlog. Priority key: **P0** = correctness / resource leak, **P1** = user-visible drift or LLM-facing contract issue, **P2** = simplification or test polish.

## Scope

Review the viz tool modules (`tools/viz.py` or the plot / czml modules), the attachment plumbing in the server, the viz schemas, and every

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/135) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### Tool: czml_trajectory (gmat-czml wrapper for 3D Cesium views)

## Goal

Expose 3D trajectory visualisation by wrapping the `gmat-czml` sibling (`to_czml`), returning a CZML document as an MCP `EmbeddedResource` viewable in any Cesium client. Charter v0.4: the CZML tool is gated on `gmat-czml` shipping first.

## Tool surface

- **Name**: `czml_trajectory`
- **Inputs**:
  - `trajectory` — a state series in the canonical schema (an SGP4 propagation series, a GMAT ephemeris from the `[gmat]` tools, or a supplied state series).
  - `intervals: ... | None = None

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/133) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### [viz] extra wiring + PNG/CZML attachment plumbing

## Goal

Wire the `[viz]` optional extra and the attachment output channel the viz tools need — the cross-cutting groundwork for v0.4. The base install stays viz-free, mirroring the `[gmat]` / `[spice]` gates. No tool bodies yet.

## Scope

- `pyproject.toml`: `viz = ["matplotlib>=3.8", "gmat-czml>=0.3"]` under `[project.optional-dependencies]`; conditional tool registration (tools surface only when the extra imports).
- Attachment output channel: return PNGs as MCP `ImageContent` and CZML as an

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/131) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### SPICE subsystem quality review: bugs, simplification, doc drift, test gaps

## Goal

End-of-subsystem review pass over the v0.3 SPICE surface before the release cut — the analogue of the v0.2 GMAT subsystem review (#95). Roll the findings into a single triaged backlog of bugs, simplification opportunities, documentation drift, and test-coverage gaps. None of these block the v0.3 contract; they are quality / hygiene work to pay down once the SPICE surface lands. Priority key: **P0** = correctness / resource leak, **P1** = user-visible drift or LLM-facing contract issue, 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/128) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### v0.2.0: per-parameter descriptions on every tool (Smithery +9pt, LLM ergonomics)

## Goal

Add per-parameter `description` strings to every tool function so the Smithery quality score's **Parameter descriptions** row (currently 0/8, 8.89pt) goes to 8/8. Substantial work — every parameter of every tool needs a one-line description that becomes part of the JSON Schema FastMCP generates and surfaces to MCP clients. ~46 parameters across 8 tools.

This is also a real ergonomic improvement beyond Smithery: any LLM connected to the server via MCP gets the per-parameter `description

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/62) · 2026-05-27 · closed · outside contributor · 1 comment

### Most recent

### Docs + README update for the v0.4 viz surface

## Goal

Surface the v0.4 viz additions across the docs site and the README. After this issue a visitor can install `[viz]`, understand the attachment model, and find the viz tools in the reference.

## Scope

### New / filled-in pages
- `docs/visualisation.md` — the plot tools, `czml_trajectory`, the attachment model (`ImageContent` / `EmbeddedResource`, additive to ASCII), and which clients render images / CZML.

### Updates to existing pages
- `docs/tool-reference.md` — auto-regenerate so the

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/136) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### Eval suite: viz coverage + example sessions for plots and CZML

## Goal

Extend the eval suite to cover the viz tools and add runnable example sessions for a static plot and a CZML export.

## Scope

### New prompts
- One per plot tool (`plot_ground_track`, `plot_trajectory`, `plot_porkchop`) and one for `czml_trajectory`, at the single-tool tier.
- At least one sequential prompt (e.g. `sgp4_propagate → plot_ground_track`).
- Goldens assert an **attachment is produced** and its declared type (`ImageContent` vs `EmbeddedResource`) alongside the permitted-trac

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/134) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### Tool: static-plot helpers (plot_ground_track / plot_trajectory / plot_porkchop) as PNG

## Goal

matplotlib static-plot tools returning PNG attachments, with the inline ASCII / table summary retained. Deterministic rendering per the attachment-plumbing issue (#131).

## Tool surface

### `plot_ground_track`
- **Inputs**: a state series or SGP4 propagation result; optional ground stations to overlay.
- **Output**: a sub-satellite ground-track PNG + an inline summary (revs, lat / lon extent).

### `plot_trajectory`
- **Inputs**: a state series; `projection` (2D / 3D); optional centra

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/132) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### v0.3.0 release cut

## Goal

Cut v0.3.0 once the SPICE surface, eval, review, and docs have landed. Aggregate the CHANGELOG, bump the version, tag, ship.

## Scope

### Release-cut PR (single PR)
- `CHANGELOG.md` — aggregate all v0.3 entries into one `## [0.3.0] — YYYY-MM-DD` section (release-cut aggregation, not per-PR). No process-meta sections (Reviewed / Acknowledgements / Peer-review-response).
- `pyproject.toml` — bump the version; pin the `spiceypy` minor.
- `uv.lock` — regenerate.
- `README.md` — SPICE tool

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/130) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### Docs + README update for the v0.3 SPICE surface

## Goal

Surface the v0.3 SPICE additions across the docs site and the README. After this issue a visitor can install `[spice]`, understand the kernel model, and find the SPICE tools in the reference without grepping the CHANGELOG.

## Scope

### New / filled-in pages
- `docs/spice-integration.md` — fill out the kickoff stub: the kernel model, the furnish-from-URL NAIF allowlist + cache, the concurrency / state-scope contract, the five tools, and when to pick a `spice_*` tool over the astropy-ba

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/129) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### Eval suite: SPICE coverage + example session (e) (SPICE / Horizons deep query)

## Goal

Extend the Inspect AI eval suite to cover the SPICE tools, and add the runnable example session the charter promises (session (e): SPICE / Horizons deep query). Charter §4: the suite grows toward ~50 prompts at v0.3 with SPICE coverage.

## Scope

### New prompts

**SPICE single-tool tier**:
- `spice_load_kernel` → `spice_state` (load a generic SPK + LSK, query a body state).
- `spice_body_parameters` for a body's radii / GM.
- `spice_time_convert` UTC↔ET with an LSK loaded.
- `spice_fr

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/127) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### Tool: spice_time_convert (leap-second-kernel-backed ET / UTC / SCLK)

## Goal

Time conversions backed by the loaded leap-second (and optional spacecraft-clock) kernels: `str2et` / `et2utc` / `sce2s` / `scs2e`. The final shape (a separate `spice_time_convert` vs. extending the v0.1 `time_convert`) follows the kickoff overlap decision (#120).

## Tool surface

- **Name**: `spice_time_convert` (pending the kickoff overlap decision).
- **Inputs**:
  - `value: str` — the input time.
  - `from_scale` / `to_scale` — among ET (TDB seconds past J2000), UTC, and SCLK (spac

[Read the thread](https://github.com/astro-tools/astrodynamics-mcp/issues/126) · 2026-05-29 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

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