Satellites sometimes maneuver before conjunctions to remediate the risk of an on-orbit collision. Many missions use probability of collision (P_c) thresholds to decide when such maneuvers should be performed. These thresholds tend to be conservative because of policies that require satellites survive their lifetimes without collision with high confidence (e.g., 99.9%). This study presents a semi-empirical method to estimate remediation P_c thresholds that satisfy such lifetime risk requirements. The formulation combines survival probability analysis with empirical conjunction histories to estimate remediation thresholds as a function of satellite size, remaining on-orbit duration, lifetime collision probability limit, collision consequence, and other parameters.


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    Title :

    Determining Appropriate Risk Remediation Thresholds from Empirical Conjunction Data Using Survival Probability Methods


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    Conference:

    2019 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2019 ; Portland, ME, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English