International Space Station Traffic Modeling and Simulation

Abstract

In an effort to provide NASA with an alternative perspective and some insights to the operational planning of the International Space Station (ISS), this research developed a simulation environment for the ISS and devised a method to evaluate various altitude strategies. The simulation environment allowed us to incorporate the natural random behaviors which affect the lifetime of objects in low earth orbit. We created prototype models of the operational planning process to analyze current altitude strategy approaches and acquire new strategies from insights observed. In addition, by extrapolating random future solar activity values from the interpolation of historical data, we established a spectrum of possible solar activity rather than just maximum, mean, and minimum values. From this process, we demonstrated a procedure to analyze a strategy using distributions of parameter outputs in response to random inputs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA324261

Entities

People

  • Jillene B. Rylaarsdam

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Earth Orbits
  • Integer Programming
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Mathematical Models
  • Operations Research
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Solar Activity
  • Space Stations
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space