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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"initial orbit determination"”.
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Image Classification and Initial Orbit Determination of Resident Space Objects (RSO)
… congestion and potential collisions in Earth’s orbit. Optical imagers, based in both ground and space, serve as important tools for observing, detecting, and studying resident space objects (RSOs). Optical imagers capture vast amounts of data that can be used for different applications in SSA …
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Limitations of Initial Orbit Determination Methods for Low Earth Orbit CubeSats with Short Arc Orbital Passes
… will focus on the performance of angles only initial orbit determi- nation (IOD) methods on observational data of low Earth orbit (LEO) CubeSats. Using data obtained by Lockheed Martin’s Space Object Tracking (SpOT) facil- ity, four methods: Gauss, Double-R, Gooding and Assumed Circular, will …
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Initial Orbit Determination of Uncooperative Satellites Using Particle Swarm Optimization From the Point of View of a Novel Observer Orbit
<p>Initial orbit determination is an incredibly valuable tool in the field of space situational awareness (SSA). As the number of launches increases every year, more objects are being put into space around the Earth and with political tensions mounting between certain space-accessing countries such …
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Initial Orbit Determination Error Analysis of Low-Earth Orbit Rocket Body Debris and Feasibility Study for Debris Cataloguing from One Optical Facility
… on determining the effectiveness of angles-only initial orbit determination (IOD) methods when limited observational data is available for low-Earth orbit (LEO) rocket body debris. The analysis will be conducted with data obtained from Lockheed Martin Space’s Space Object Tracking (SpOT) …
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Space Image Processing and Orbit Estimation Using Small Aperture Optical Systems
<p>Angles-only initial orbit determination (AIOD) methods have been used to find the orbit of satellites since the beginning of the Space Race. Given the ever increasing number of objects in orbit today, the need for accurate space situational awareness (SSA) data has never been greater. Small …
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Orbital Determination Feasibility of LEO Nanosatellites Using Small Aperture Telescopes
… scale and determining an accurate propagated orbit using a Meade LX600-ACF 14” diameter aperture telescope currently located on the California Polytechnic State University campus. The optical telescope is fitted with an f/6.3 focal reducer, SBIG ST-10XME CCD camera and Optec TCF-S Focuser. …
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Optical Orbit Tracking and Estimation
<p>Angles-only initial orbit determination methods are currently limited in their use as they require some prior knowledge of where the observed object will be and when it will be there. This research aims to produce a viable method to automate this process so that objects whose trajectories are …