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CubeSat Cluster Deployment Track Initiation via a Radar Admissible Region Birth Model

2020; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Volume: 43; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2514/1.g005139

1533-3884

John A. Gaebler, Penina Axelrad, Paul W. Schumacher,

Spacecraft Design and Technology

No AccessEngineering NotesCubeSat Cluster Deployment Track Initiation via a Radar Admissible Region Birth ModelJohn A. Gaebler, Penina Axelrad and Paul W. Schumacher Jr.John A. GaeblerUniversity of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, Penina AxelradUniversity of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303 and Paul W. Schumacher Jr.Air Force Research Laboratory, Kihei, Hawaii 96753Published Online:25 Aug 2020https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G005139SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Zimmerman R., Doan D., Leung L., Mason J., Parsons N. and Shahid K., "Commissioning the World's Largest Satellite Constellation," Proceedings of the AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, SSC17-X-03, Utah State Univ., 2017, https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2017/all2017/138/. Google Scholar[2] Mahler R. P. 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TopicsAerospace EngineeringAerospace SciencesAstrodynamicsAstronauticsAstronomyCelestial MechanicsEuropean Space AgencyKepler's Laws of Planetary MotionOrbital ManeuversOrbital PropertyPlanetary Science and ExplorationPlanetsSolar PhysicsSpace AgenciesSpace OrbitSpace Science and Technology KeywordsCubeSatRadar TrackingEarthGeneral Mission Analysis ToolOrbital PeriodCombined Space Operations CenterSpace SurveillanceOrbit DeterminationExtended Kalman FilterEarth Centered InertialAcknowledgmentsThis work was performed during an Air Force Research Laboratory Scholars Program summer internship with additional support from the Department of Education through a Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need fellowship in Critical Aerospace Technologies.PDF Received2 February 2020Accepted15 July 2020Published online25 August 2020