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http://dx.doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2003.20.1.021

REAL - TIME ORBIT DETERMINATION OF LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES USING RADAR SYSTEM AND SGP4 MODEL  

이재광 (연세대학교 천문우주학과)
이성섭 (연세대학교 천문우주학과)
윤재철 (연세대학교 천문우주학과)
최규홍 (연세대학교 천문우주학과)
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Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences / v.20, no.1, 2003 , pp. 21-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
In case that we independently obtain orbital informations about the low earth satellites of foreign countries using radar systems, we develop the orbit determination algorithm for this purpose using a SGP4 model with an analytical orbit model and the extended Kalman filter with a real-time processing method. When the state vector is Keplerian orbital elements, singularity problems happen to compute partial derivative with respect to inclination and eccentricity orbit elements. To cope with this problem, we set state vector osculating to mean equinox and true equator cartesian elements with coordinate transformation. The state transition matrix and the covariance matrix are numerically computed using a SGP4 model. Observational measurements are the type of azimuth, elevation and range, filter process to each measurement in a lump. After analyzing performance of the developed orbit determination algorithm using TOPEX/POSEIDON POE(precision 0.bit Ephemeris), its position error has about 1 km. To be similar to performance of NORAD system that has up to 3km position accuracy during 7 days need to radar system performance that have accuracy within 0.1 degree for azimuth and elevation and 50m for range.
Keywords
SGP4 model; radar system; extended Kalman filter; analytical orbit model; finite difference;
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