Space surveillance using star trackers. Part I: Simulations Conference Paper

abstract

• This paper presents the first part of a demonstration on "How to use Star Trackers to perform Space Surveillance". This part shows how to simulate the image taken by a Star Tracker placed on-board a spacecraft orbiting the Earth and how to use it for space surveillance. The simulation has to be accurate enough and take into account effects such as smearing and variable reflectivity of the object. Once the image is created and the usual treatments are performed, it can go to estimation routines and one can have an accurate idea of whether an object is detectable and whether its orbit can be estimated.

authors

• Mortari, Daniele

published proceedings

• Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

author list (cited authors)

• Ettouati, I., Mortari, D., & Pollock, T.

complete list of authors

• Ettouati, I||Mortari, D||Pollock, T

publication date

• December 2006

published in

• Advances in the Astronautical Sciences  Journal

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0877035288

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780877035282

start page

• 2073

end page

• 2087

volume

• 124 II