MODELS FOR ANALYSIS OF THE CAPABILITIES OF GROUND BASED SENSORS IN DETERMINING THE MASS OF ORBITING BODIES - EXTENDED MODELS

Abstract

The report contains a description of the models to be used in analyzing the capabilities of ground-based sensors in determining the mass of orbiting bodies, model coefficients, and the justification for their selection. Relations are derived for computing sensitivity coefficients and their coupling to mass variance for the case of noisy, biased sensors (monostatic and tri- static radars, Baker - Nunn cameras), and for spherical and tumbling cylindrical satellites.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0673514

Entities

People

  • Donald S. Doeg
  • R. Gary Marquart
  • Walter J. Culver
  • Willard L. Gilbert

Organizations

  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Science
  • Contracts
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Couplings
  • Defense Systems
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Ground Based
  • Law
  • Perturbations
  • Radiation
  • Solar Radiation
  • Space Defense

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Space Objects