Uncertainty Quantification for Space Situational Awareness and Traffic Management [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 This paper presents a sensor-orientated approach to on-orbit position uncertainty generation and quantification for both ground-based and space-based surveillance applications.
Samuel Hilton +5 more
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Stratospheric Night Sky Imaging Payload for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) [PDF]
Sensors, 2023 Space situational awareness (SSA) refers to collecting, analyzing, and keeping track of detailed knowledge of resident space objects (RSOs) in the space environment.
Perushan Kunalakantha +5 more
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Optimal Tasking of Ground-Based Sensors for Space Situational Awareness Using Deep Reinforcement Learning [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 Space situational awareness (SSA) is becoming increasingly challenging with the proliferation of resident space objects (RSOs), ranging from CubeSats to mega-constellations.
Peng Mun Siew, Richard Linares
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A Study on Re-entry Predictions of Uncontrolled Space Objects for Space Situational Awareness [PDF]
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2017 The key risk analysis technologies for the re-entry of space objects into Earth`s atmosphere are divided into four categories: cataloguing and databases of the re-entry of space objects, lifetime and re-entry trajectory predictions, break-up models after
Eun-Jung Choi +4 more
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Localization and classification of space objects using EfficientDet detector for space situational awareness [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Space situational awareness (SSA) systems play a significant role in space navigation missions. One of the most essential tasks of this system is to recognize space objects such as spacecrafts and debris for various purposes including active debris ...
Nouar AlDahoul +3 more
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Real-Time Event-Based Unsupervised Feature Consolidation and Tracking for Space Situational Awareness [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 Earth orbit is a limited natural resource that hosts a vast range of vital space-based systems that support the international community's national, commercial and defence interests.
Nicholas Ralph +7 more
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Task Planning for Multiple-Satellite Space-Situational-Awareness Systems
Aerospace, 2021 Space situational awareness (SSA) plays an important role in maintaining space advantages. Task planning is one of the key technologies in SSA to allocate multiple tasks to multiple satellites, so that a satellite may be allocated to supervise multiple ...
Yutao Chen +3 more
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RSONAR: Data-Driven Evaluation of Dual-Use Star Tracker for Stratospheric Space Situational Awareness (SSA) [PDF]
SensorsThe growing density of Earth-orbiting objects demands improved Space Situational Awareness (SSA) to mitigate collision risks and sustain space operations. This study demonstrates a dual-purpose star tracker (ST) for SSA using data from the Resident Space
Vithurshan Suthakar +5 more
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PhotonicsLeveraging space-based optical platforms for space debris and defunct spacecraft detection presents several advantages, including a wide detection range, immunity to cloud cover, and the ability to maintain continuous surveillance on space targets.
Zhe Zhang +6 more
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Space-Based Passive Orbital Maneuver Detection Algorithm for High-Altitude Situational Awareness
AerospaceOrbital maneuver detection for non-cooperative targets in space is a key task in space situational awareness. This study develops a passive maneuver detection algorithm using line-of-sight angles measured by a space-based optical sensor, especially for ...
Shihang Yang +3 more
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