A methodology for initial orbit determination of an object about an astronomical body searches a grid of possible boundary values on the range-to-object over the observation interval to find the grid point and corresponding initial orbit that best fits all of the more than three (N) angles-only observations according to an error metric. The search is conducted by solving a boundary-value problem for different grid points. The state vector is propagated to determine estimated observation directions for the remaining N−2 observations. The grid point (and initial orbit) that best fit all of the observations is selected. For efficiency, the search may start with a broad but coarse initial grid and increase the resolution of the grid as the search converges to a solution.
ANGLES-ONLY INITIAL ORBIT DETERMINATION (IOD)
ANFANGSUMLAUFBAHNBESTIMMUNG AUSSCHLIESSLICH MIT WINKELBEOBACHTUNG
DETERMINATION D'ORBITE INITIALE EN UTILISANT EXCLUSIVEMENT DES OBSERAVTIONS D'ANGLE
2017-09-27
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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