A COMPARISON BETWEEN GIBBS AND HERRICK-GIBBS ORBIT DETERMINATION METHODS Conference Paper

abstract

• There is a strong need for accurate resident space object (RSO) state estimates. For radar RSO measurements, these estimates are initiated by Gibbs and Herrick-Gibbs algorithms. Presently, there is no clear distinction on when to switch between these two methods. In this paper, we present a statistical comparison between Gibbs and Herrick-Gibbs, taking into account measurement error via Monte Carlo. The overall trend of the performances of the methods is consistent with what is expected. However, the results also show that Herrick-Gibbs can remain the more accurate method for much larger track length arclengths than is suggested in the literature.

authors

• Alfriend, Terry
• Hurtado, John
• Junkins, John

published proceedings

• SPACEFLIGHT MECHANICS 2016, PTS I-IV

author list (cited authors)

• Kaushik, A., Fujimoto, K., Alfriend, K. T., Hurtado, J. E., & Junkins, J. L.

complete list of authors

• Kaushik, Arvind||Fujimoto, Kohei||Alfriend, Kyle T||Hurtado, John E||Junkins, John L

publication date

• January 2016

published in

• Spaceflight Mechanics 2005, Vol 120, Pts 1 and 2  Journal

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-0-87703-633-3

start page

• 3221

end page

• 3235

volume

• 158