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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Space domain awareness"”.
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Mission-driven Sensor Network Design for Space Domain Awareness
… for optimizing sensor networks to enhance Space Domain Awareness in the face of a burgeoning resident space object population. By employing advanced metaheuristic optimization techniques and high-fidelity modeling and simulation, this research investigates the intricate interplay between …
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Architecturing the future national security space domain awareness acquisition enterprise
Space-based capabilities are increasingly critical to prosperity in the United States (US) and around the globe. They are deeply embedded within society's vital functions and even more tightly intertwined with US national security capabilities across all warfighting domains. The disruption to these …
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Uncertainty-Based Methodology for the Development of Space Domain Awareness Architectures in Three-Body Regimes
… has seen a massive growth in interest in lunar space exploration. An increase in global competition has led a growing number of countries and non-governmental organizations towards lunar space exploration as a means to demonstrate their industrial and technological capabilities. This increase in …
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From the Earth to the Moon: A Multi-Domain Approach to Cislunar Space Domain Awareness
Growing interest in the Cislunar domain has resulted in numerous successful Lunar missions in recent years. Many burgeoning space programs, including those by governments and private industry, have seized the opportunity of this renewed interest and utilized the region as a proving ground to bring …
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Low Earth Orbit Stability Analysis Using Monte-Carlo Techniques
Space domain awareness and the issue of space congestion have become critical topics, particularly with the proliferation of private companies launching large LEO constellations (LLCs), or mega-constellations, including SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper. This rapid expansion has led to …
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Investigation Into Geometry and Behavior of Cislunar GEO-Grazer Orbits
… These trajectories are of interest for cislunar space domain awareness (SDA) because they provide natural dynamical pathways by which spacecraft or debris originating far beyond GEO can approach critical orbital infrastructure. The analysis is conducted primarily within the planar circular …
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Adaptive Methods of Resident Space Object Identification for Space Situational Awareness
<p>One of the fundamental tenets of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is the detection and sub sequent identification of Resident Space Objects (RSOs) within unresolved optical space imagery. This function is vital to the documentation and tracking of RSOs in their respective operational orbits, …
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Autonomous Space Surveillance for Arbitrary Domains
<p>Space is becoming increasingly congested every day and the task of accurately tracking satellites is paramount for the continued safe operation of both manned and unmanned space missions. In addition to new spacecraft launches, satellite break-up events and collisions generate large amounts of …
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Satellite Drag and Sustainable Space Operations in a Dynamic Thermosphere
… based on historical correlations between space weather drivers and satellite dynamics. Unlike traditional methods, it models satellite behavior directly without reconstructing thermospheric mass density or requiring detailed knowledge of satellite properties such as the ballistic …