ACCURACY OF SATELLITE OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS AND PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION
Journal Title: Odessa Astronomical Publications - Year 2017, Vol 30, Issue
Abstract
The monitoring of low-orbit space objects (LEO-objects) is performed in the Astronomical Observatory of Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University (Ukraine) for many years. Decades-long arсhives of these observations are accessible within Ukrainian network of optical observers (UMOS). In this work, we give an example of orbit determination for the satellite with the 1500-km height of orbit based on angular observations in our observatory (Int. No. 086). For estimation of the measurement accuracy and accuracy of determination and propagation of satellite position, we analyze the observations of Ajisai satellite with the well-determined orbit. This allows making justified conclusions not only about random errors of separate measurements, but also to analyze the presence of systematic errors, including external ones to the measurement process. We have shown that the accuracy of one measurement has the standard deviation about 1 arcsec across the track and 1.4 arcsec along the track and systematical shifts in measurements of one track do not exceed 0.45 arcsec. Ajisai position in the interval of the orbit fitting is predicted with accuracy better than 30 m along the orbit and better than 10 m across the orbit for any its point.
Authors and Affiliations
L. Shakun, N. I. Koshkin, E. Korobeynikova, S. Strakhova, V. Dragomiretsky, A. Ryabov, T. Golubovskaya
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