TDAR (Telescopic Detection And Ranging): Preliminary Orbit Determination.

Abstract

The note analyzes the procedures for preliminary orbit determination based on sparse data from the TDAR system Error analyses of the initial orbit generation in the case of the single-telescope and parallax schemes are performed. A model for the angular error in prediction based on the initial orbit is set up and used as a means of comparison of the two schemes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 02, 1973
Accession Number
AD0764727

Entities

People

  • Ramaswamy Sridharan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Demography
  • Detection
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Telescopes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris