Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) is a software development

Software development

Software development is the development of a software product...

 company focused on spaceflight and national security, headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania

Exton, Pennsylvania

Exton is a census-designated place in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 4,842 at the 2010 census. The Exton Square Mall is located within Exton along with several other shopping centers, making Exton the major shopping district in Chester...

. It was founded in 1989 by Jim Poland, Scott Reynolds and current CEO Paul Graziani.

AGI's Satellite Tool Kit

Satellite Tool Kit

Satellite Tool Kit, often referred to by its initials STK, is a physics-based software package from Analytical Graphics, Inc. that allows engineers and scientists to perform complex analysis of land, sea, air, and space assets, and share results in one integrated solution...

 (STK) program is in common usage among satellite operators.

CSSI

The Center for Space Standards & Innovation (CSSI) is a division of AGI focused on astrodynamic research. CSSI operates the satellite tracking web site CelesTrak, which includes Satellite Orbital Conjunction Reports Assessing Threatening Encounters in Space (SOCRATES), a twice-daily analysis of the probability of satellite collisions based on publicly available data. Interestingly, SOCRATES did not list the 2009 satellite collision

2009 satellite collision

The 2009 satellite collision was the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact artificial satellites in Earth orbit. The collision occurred at 16:56 UTC on February 10, 2009, at above the Taymyr Peninsula in Siberia, when Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collided...

 as likely, and expected the two satellites to miss by 584 meters.

Other activities

AGI has supported the NORAD Tracks Santa

NORAD Tracks Santa

NORAD Tracks Santa is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment program, which has existed since 1955, produced under the auspices of the North American Aerospace Defense Command...

 program's internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 presence from its start in 1997. From 1998 to the present, the NORAD Tracks Santa Website of www.noradsanta.org and the domain name of noradsanta.org have been registered to Analytical Graphics, Inc.

Analytical Graphics' STK software is certified by the Space Foundation

Space Foundation

The Space Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports the global space industry through information and education programs. It is a resource for the entire space community - industry, national security organizations, civil space agencies, private space companies and the military around the...

as a Certified Space Technology(TM)