launchdta

launchdta is an open-source software library and command-line tool designed to manage data associated with launch campaigns. It provides a standardized data model for organizing telemetry, sensor outputs, mission timelines, and risk assessments, enabling reproducible analyses and audit trails.

The project emphasizes modularity and extensibility. Its core components include a data model, a workflow engine, and adapters for common formats such as CSV, JSON, NetCDF, and time-series databases, along with a pluggable storage backend.

A key feature is the workflow engine, which supports event-driven pipelines for data ingestion, validation, transformation, simulation, and reporting. Validation rules enforce data integrity, while project versioning and comprehensive logs support traceability across analyses.

Architecture is designed around clear separation of concerns: a core engine, data adapters, and external tool integrations. Projects are described in YAML or JSON, and pipelines are defined as declarative sequences that can be executed locally or in parallel on a compute cluster.

Usage typically begins with installation through common package managers, followed by initialization of a project descriptor. Typical workflows include validating input data, running simulations or analyses, and exporting results to JSON, CSV, or human-readable reports.

Development and status: launchdta is maintained by an open-source community with documentation and issue tracking hosted publicly. It is distributed under a permissive license and aims to foster interoperability with other mission-planning tools; adoption remains modest but growing in academic and hobbyist contexts.