Two-line elements are widely used for space operations to predict orbits with a moderate accuracy for 2-3 days. Local optimization methods can estimate a TLE as long as there exists an initial estimate, whereas global optimization methods are computationally intensive, and estimating a large number of them is prohibitive. In this paper, the feasibility of predicting the initial estimates within the radius of convergence of the actual TLEs using machine learning methods is investigated. First, a Monte-Carlo approach to estimate a TLE, when there is no initial estimate that is within the radius of convergence of the actual TLE, is introduced. The proposed Monte-Carlo method is leveraged for demonstrating the behavior of the fitting error between the realistic trajectory and the trajectory propagated by SGP4 theory during the TLE estimation processes and evaluating the unbiased performance of the proposed machine learning models. Second, gradient boosting decision trees and fully-connected neural networks are trained to map the orbital evolution of space objects to the associated TLEs using 9.5 million publicly available TLEs from the US space catalog. The desired precision in the mapping to estimate a TLE is achieved for one of the three test cases, which is a low area-to-mass ratio space object.
Two-Line Element Estimation Using Machine Learning
J Astronaut Sci
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences ; 68 , 1 ; 273-299
2021-03-01
27 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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