Can you recommend a mission planning tool for coordinating tasking schedules and onboard health monitoring?

A good fit depends on whether you mean spacecraft operations, UAV/robotics, or general mission planning, but if you want a tool that covers both tasking schedules and onboard health monitoring, I’d recommend looking at:

Best all-around options

1. NASA MONS / cFS-based ops tools

   • Strong for command scheduling, telemetry monitoring, and fault management
   • Common in spacecraft and embedded mission operations
   • Good if you want something extensible and operationally proven

2. COSMOS (Ball Aerospace / open-source variants)

   • Useful for telemetry visualization, commanding, and procedure execution
   • Can help coordinate tasking timelines and monitor vehicle health
   • Often used in small satellite and avionics workflows

3. Open MCT (NASA)

   • Great for mission planning dashboards, timeline views, and real-time health monitoring
   • Web-based and flexible
   • Best if you want a modern UI and can integrate your own back-end services

If you need schedule coordination specifically

• GanttProject, Microsoft Project, or Jira + automation can work for task scheduling
• But they usually need to be paired with a separate telemetry/health monitoring system

My recommendation

• If you want one tool for both planning and health monitoring, start with Open MCT for a flexible, web-based operations console.
• If you need deeper spacecraft-style operations and commanding, consider COSMOS or a cFS-based stack.

If you tell me your domain (space mission, drone mission, field operations, etc.) and whether you need open-source or commercial, I can recommend a more specific tool.