OPTIMAL DESIGN OF THE FLIGHT PLAN OF AN ORBITAL OBJECT USING SPACEMAP
Abstract
To develop a computational method to design the optimal flight planning of an orbital resident object O so that the collision-risk of O against all RSOs maintained in the database is minimized. We assume the following: (i) RSO states: The TLE data of Space-Track is used as the input: This assumption can be easily relaxed by adding more databases such as LeoLabs, Privateer, etc; (ii) Propagation model: A commercial code is used for RSO propagation; (iii) The NP-hard nature of the problem is invariable but the continuous solution space nature is approximated by discretization; (iv) We assume that the RSO count will increase rather fast for the time-being despite that there are initiatives by Astroscale, ClearSpace, etc. Goal is to devise the most accurate and efficient method using the proven SPACEMAP technology which runs on AWS. The impact of this study will be significant because it can be (i) used as the basis for finding the optimal constellation flight planning by increasing the RSO count and (ii) extended for finding the optimal maneuver planning of a predicted collision.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Apr 20, 2023
- Source ID
- FA23862214067
Entities
People
- Deok-soo Kim
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force