This study investigated the minimum requirements to establish a satellite tracking system architecture for a microsatellite to rendezvous with a non-cooperative target satellite. A prototype optical tracking system was reviewed with emphasis on a proposed tactical employment that could be used by technologically unsophisticated state or non-state adversaries. With the tracking system architecture selected, simulated tracking data was processed with a Non-Linear Least Squares batch orbit estimation algorithm and a Bayes sequential orbit determination filter to update the target satellite's state vector.


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    Title :

    Orbit Estimation Algorithms for a Microsatellite Rendezvous With a Non- Cooperative Target


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    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    184 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English