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Space Based Satellite Tracking and Characterization Utilizing Non-Imaging Passive Sensors

Space Based Satellite Tracking and Characterization Utilizing Non-Imaging Passive Sensors

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Technology & EngineeringPhysics

ISBN10: 1025126033
ISBN13: 9781025126036
Publisher: Hutson Street Press
Published: May 22 2025
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

A technique is developed to determine the orbit of a sunlight illuminated satellite passing through the field-of-view of a sensor platform in a Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) and Geosynchronous orbit (GEO). The technique develops two different methods of initial orbit determination. The first relies on the Gauss initial orbit determination method to develop an estimate of the state from angular data. The second method relies on positional data of the target relative to the Earth's background to determine an estimate of the state. These estimates are then refined in a non-linear least squares routine. This estimate of the state is then used to identify the target from the Air Force Space Command satellite catalog.

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