NASA has a good set of open source projects available for public use: https://code.nasa.gov/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

Yes, this is no-cost but not necessarily open source. NASA open source software can be found at: https://code.nasa.gov/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

As for public telemetry it might be hard to get it for free as satellite owners do it for money. NASA maintains a public software page at code.nasa.gov and software.nasa.gov which includes OpenMCT mission control software that can do simulated data. Source: over 2 years ago

Don't underestimate the strength of personal projects. If you ask a professor about their research, I find very often, they ask about things you have done in the past, which sort of feels like shit if youve done nothing huh? I know people who made cloud chambers or shot ions or massive simulations in HS and I was like, a theatre kid which is so irrelevant. BUT. The reason they ask this is that previous experience... Source: about 3 years ago

This would be a place to start. Https://code.nasa.gov/. Source: about 3 years ago

This isn't planet level, but shows surface: https://universesandbox.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

Someone's been having fun playing with Universe Sandbox. Source: 11 months ago

I wonder if it can be run on a gaming GPU? One of my wish list games is ‘universe sandbox’ https://universesandbox.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

Planets and solar systems are buildable with Universe Sandbox (steam), I used it for my main setting. Source: over 1 year ago

I created Universe Sandbox, a realistic physics-based space simulator. I started working on the idea as a side project just for fun back in 2007 and released it on my website for free in 2008. I later transitioned that to a name-your-own-price model and then to a fixed price. When it (now known as Universe Sandbox Legacy) was first released on Steam in 2011, it sold more in the first hour than I'd sold on my... Source: over 1 year ago