Accession Number:

ADA582504

Title:

Data Association Algorithms for Tracking Satellites

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 11 Sep 2008-1 Jan 2013

Corporate Author:

COLORADO UNIV AT BOULDER

Personal Author(s):

• Jones, Brandon A.
• LoDolce, Gabriel C.
• Bradley, Ben K.
• Born, George H.

Report Date:

2013-03-27

Pagination or Media Count:

36.0

Abstract:

This document describes the work performed as part of the Ananke simulation development. The Ananke simulation tool development is a larger project to provide end-to-end space object simulation and characterization to demonstrate the feasibility of such methods. This document describes the orbit propagation tool, CO-TurboProp, used in the Ananke tool. The document describes the addition of higher-fidelity models in CO-TurboProp and validation of the new tools. The description provided here includes the mathematical background and description of the models implemented, as well as a definition of the software interface for the larger Ananke tool. Comparisons of the software with semi-analytic techniques and other available high-fidelity propagation tools are also presented, and all tools met all required and expected accuracies.

Descriptors:

• *ORBITS
• *SIMULATION
• *SOFTWARE TOOLS
• ALGORITHMS
• ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• FILTERS
• MULTISENSORS
• TRACKING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE