AstraLab v0.1

AstraLab is a lightweight aerospace simulation environment for Airavat Aerospace. It provides a JavaFX desktop IDE for ARVT files, interpreted aerospace system definitions, educational flight simulation, graphing, report generation, and exports.

This is not a game, a CAD package, or a 3D visual simulator. The product direction is a professional engineering workflow similar in spirit to MATLAB, OpenRocket, and scientific computing environments.

Run From Source

Requirements for developers:

• Java 21 or newer
• Maven 3.9 or newer

mvn clean javafx:run

The application loads the student_rocket.arvt example automatically on startup.

Build

mvn clean package

The application jar is generated at:

target/astralab-1.0.0.jar

Runtime dependencies are copied to:

target/lib/

Package Installers

Packaging scripts are in scripts/packaging/:

• package-macos.sh creates a .app bundle and DMG on macOS.
• package-windows.ps1 creates an MSI on Windows.
• package-linux.sh creates a Linux app image and, when appimagetool is available, an AppImage.

See docs/PACKAGING.md for platform-specific notes.

Documentation

• docs/QuickStart.md
• docs/ARVT_Guide.md
• docs/ARVT_LANGUAGE.md
• docs/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
• docs/PACKAGING.md

Example ARVT Files

• examples/student_rocket.arvt
• examples/high_altitude.arvt
• examples/sounding_rocket.arvt
• examples/two_stage_demo.arvt
• examples/templates/basic_rocket.arvt
• examples/templates/project_main.arvt

Built With

• css
• html
• java
• powershell
• shell