Adding Flexibly in Distributed Simulation of Space Missions by Enhancing the SpaceFOM Standard

SpaceFOM is the reference standard adopted by space agencies for simulating space missions. Although specifically designed for handling space systems, it currently faces a significant limitation when simulating interplanetary missions: a fixed Federation Time Step. This constraint hinders accurate and flexible modeling of space missions, which limits the dynamic changes of simulation pace, especially during critical phases that require particular temporal granularities. This work proposes extending the SpaceFOM standard to address this issue by enabling dynamic adjustment of Federation Time Step granularity. The proposed solution allows fine-grained time steps for mission-critical phases and coarse-grained steps for extended phases while smoothly combining continuous temporal progression. Furthermore, the proposed solution is general-purpose and can be applied to other domains requiring dynamic temporal granularity.