Search-Detect-Track Sensor Allocation for Geosynchronous Space Objects
Steven Gehly, Brandon A. Jones, Penina Axelrad · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems · 2018
The initiation of tracks for newly discovered objects presents unique challenges in space situational awareness. Recent work explores the use of admissible regions to initialize filters for space object tracking; however, these methods require follow-on measurements to refine the initial admissible region solution. This paper presents an approach to the joint search and track problem, designed to allow a single sensor to build and maintain a catalog of objects without requiring an a priori estimate.