Abstract The association of incoming measurements to active space objects that have recently maneuvered is a recurring problem in space surveillance that needs to be addressed in space object catalogue maintenance activities. This paper addresses this measurement-to-orbit association problem through an indirect approach within an optimal control framework, assessing the likelihood of the association and providing an early description of the maneuver. A key novelty of this method is to embed the propagation problem in a Taylor differential algebra formulation, enabling a high-fidelity reconstruction of the energy metric quantifying the data association, and providing further insight on the influence of the boundary conditions (orbit and measurements) on the association metric. Simulated scenarios involving geostationary satellites are presented and discussed, and a sensibility analysis of key parameters is proposed.

    Highlights A formulation to solve the tracklet-to-orbit association problem for maneuvering space objects is proposed. An indirect optimal control approach is applied to the tracklet-to-orbit association considering J 2 and lunisolar effects. A high-fidelity distribution of the energy association metric is obtained through Taylor differential algebra. The approach is applied to simulated scenarios considering a geostationary maneuvering satellite.


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    Titel :

    Tracklet-to-orbit association under uncertainty applied to maneuvering space objects


    Beteiligte:
    Serra, Romain (Autor:in) / Yanez, Carlos (Autor:in) / Delande, Emmanuel (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 201 ; 526-532


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2022-08-17


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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