An orbit determination from debris impacts on measurement satellites
| Autor: | Toshiya Hanada, Koki Fujita, Masahiro Furumoto, Mitsuhiko Tasaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Orbital elements
Atmospheric Science Orbital plane 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Computer simulation Orbital node Aerospace Engineering Astronomy and Astrophysics Geodesy 01 natural sciences Debris Geophysics Space and Planetary Science Physics::Space Physics 0103 physical sciences General Earth and Planetary Sciences Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Orbit determination 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Geology Geocentric orbit 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing Space debris |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Space Research. 57:620-626 |
| ISSN: | 0273-1177 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.asr.2015.11.005 |
| Popis: | This work proposes a method to determine orbital plane of a micron-sized space debris cloud utilizing their impacts on measurement satellites. Given that debris impacts occur on a line of intersection between debris and satellites orbital planes, a couple of debris orbital parameters, right ascension of the ascending node, inclination, and nodal regression rate can be determined by impact times and locations measured from more than two satellites in different earth orbits. This paper proves that unique solution for the debris orbital parameters is obtained from the measurement data, and derives a computational scheme to estimate them. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is finally demonstrated by a simulation test, in which measurement data are obtained from a numerical simulation considering realistic debris’ and satellites’ orbits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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