Abstracts of Technical Papers

S OF TECHNICAL PAPERS 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORBITAL DEBRIS Session Chairs: Carolin Frueh, Purdue University and Tim Flohrer, ESA/ESOC Space Debris Office Debris Albedo from Laser Ablation in Low and High Vacuum: Comparisons to Hypervelocity Impact ................. 1 Gouri Radhakrishnan, The Aerospace Corporation A Search for Debris from Two Titan 3C Transtage Breakups at GEO with a 6.5-m Magellan Telescope ................ 2 Patrick Seitzer, University of Michigan Astronomy Characterizing the Survey Strategy and Initial Orbit Determination Abilities of the NASA MCAT Telescope for Geosynchronous Orbital Debris Environmental Studies ............................................................................................ 2 James Frith, University of Texas El Paso Precision Tracking of Decimeter Targets at GEO Distances Using the Magdalena Ridge Observatory 2.4-meter Telescope ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 William Ryan, New Mexico Tech/MRO Characterizing GEO Titan IIIC Transtage Fragmentations Using Ground-based and Telescopic Measurements . 3 Heather Cowardin, UTEP/JACOBS-JETS Exploiting Orbital Data and Observation Campaigns to Improve Space Debris Models .......................................... 4 Vitali Braun, European Space Agency ASTRODYNAMICS Session Chairs: Marcus Holzinger, Georgia Institute of Technology and Paul Schumacher, Air Force Research Laboratory Determining Type I and Type II Errors when Applying Information Theoretic Change Detection Metrics for Data Association and Space Situational Awareness ................................................................................................... 5 Matthew Wilkins, Applied Defense Solutions Sensitivity to Phase Angle for Reconciling Space Object Observed and Solar Pressure Albedo-Areas Via Astrometric and Photometric Data Fusion ................................................................................................................... 5 Vishnuu Mallik, University of Texas at Austin Optical Initial Orbit Determination Using Polynomial Chaos Surrogate Functions .................................................. 6 Daniel Lubey, The Aerospace Corporation Relative Orbit Determination of Multiple Satellites Using Double Differenced Measurements................................ 7 Jeroen Geeraert, CU Boulder / CCAR Boundaries on Range-Range Constrained Admissible Regions for Space Situational Awareness ........................ 7 John Gaebler, University of Colorado Boulder Uninformative Prior Multiple Target Tracking Using Evidential Particle Filters ........................................................ 8 Johnny Worthy, Georgia Institute of Technology Optical Data Association in a Multi-Hypothesis Framework with Maneuvers ........................................................... 8 Islam Hussein, Applied Defense Solutions Limitations on Improving Orbit Prediction Accuracy through Machine Learning .................................................... 9 Xiaoli Bai, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Strengthening the Bridge between Academia and Operations for Orbital Debris Risk Mitigation ........................ 10 Mark Vincent, Raytheon ABSTRACTS OF TECHNICAL PAPERS 2017S OF TECHNICAL PAPERS 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Prediction Accuracy Analysis from Orbital Elements Generated for a New Space Object Catalogue .................. 10 James Bennett, Space Environment Research Centre Conjunction Assessment for Commercial Satellite Constellations Using Commercial Radar Data Sources ...... 11 Michael Nicolls, LeoLabs, Inc. OPTICAL SYSTEMS Session Chairs: Mike Dearborn, MITRE Corporation and Jim Shell, Novarum Tech Event Based Sensing for Space Situational Awareness ........................................................................................... 12 Gregory Cohen, Western Sydney University Image Reconstruction from Data Collected with an Imaging Interferometer........................................................... 12 Zachary DeSantis, Lockheed Martin SSC Stereo–SCIDAR System for Improvement of Adaptive Optics Space Debris-tracking Activities .......................... 13 Elliott Thorn, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Plasma Spectroscopy CubeSat: A Demonstration of On-Orbit Electric Propulsion System Diagnostics ............ 14 Jennifer Hudson, Western Michigan University QuadCam A Quadruple Polarimetric Camera for Space Situational Awareness .................................................. 14 Jovan Skuljan, Defence Technology Agency Towards Routine Uncued Surveillance of Small Objects at and near GEO with Small Telescopes ...................... 15 Peter Zimmer, J.T. McGraw and Associates, LLC Deep Space Wide Area Search Strategies .................................................................................................................. 16 Michael Capps, Air Force Research Laboratory NON-RESOLVED OBJECT CHARACTERIZATION Session Chairs: Heather Cowardin, University of Texas El Paso, Jacobs-JETS and Matthew Hejduk, Astrorum Consulting Debris Attitude Motion Measurements and Modeling Observation vs. Simulation .............................................. 17 Tobias Lips, Hypersonic Technology Goettingen GmbH Acoustic Imaging of Geosynchronous Satellites ....................................................................................................... 18 Zachary Watson, University of Arizona, HartSci Space Weathering Experiments on Spacecraft Materials ......................................................................................... 18 Russell Cooper, Air Force Research Laboratory Probabilistic Analysis of Light Curves ........................................................................................................................ 19 Islam Hussein, Applied Defense Solutions Rapid Characterization of Geosynchronous Space Debris with 5-color Near-IR Photometry ............................... 19 Eric Pearce, University of Arizona Steward Observatory Development and Evaluation of New Methods for Estimating Albedo-Area for Stable GEOs ............................... 20 Tamara Payne, Applied Optimization Inc ABSTRACTS OF TECHNICAL PAPERS 2017S OF TECHNICAL PAPERS 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS TASKING Session Chairs: Ryan Coder, AFRL, Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site and Tamara Payne, Applied Optimization Sensor Tasking for Detection and Custody of HAMR Objects .................................................................................. 21 Carolin Frueh, Purdue University Performance of Optimized Scheduled Follow-up Observations for Geosynchronous Space Object Using Different Genetic Algorithms ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Andreas Hinze, DLR Autonomous Space Object Catalogue Construction and Upkeep Using Sensor Control Theory ......................... 22 Travis Bessell, Defence Science Technology Group Time Optimal Search or Follow-up Tasking on Orbit Region for SSA ..................................................................... 22 Timothy Murphy, Georgia Tech An Autonomous Sensor Tasking Approach for Large Scale Space Object Cataloging ......................................... 23 Richard Linares, University of Minnesota ADAPTIVE OPTICS AND IMAGING Session Chairs: Eric Pearce, University of Arizona Steward Observatory and Stacie Williams, Air Force Office of Scientific Research High Resolution SSA Imaging Using Carbon Fiber Telescopes ............................................................................... 24 Ryan Swindle, Air Force Research Lab Developments in High Spatial Resolution Imaging of Faint, Complex Objects at Lowell Observatory ................ 24 Gerard van Belle, Lowell Observatory Using Asteroids and their Moons for Closely Spaced Object Studies ..................................................................... 25 Jack Drummond, Leidos Starfire Optical Range Quantum Theory of Three-Dimensional Superresolution Using Rotating-PSF Imagery ........................................ 25 Sudhakar Prasad, University of New Mexico High-Fidelity Imaging Using Compact Multi-Frame Blind Deconvolution ............................................................... 26 Stuart Jefferies, Georgia State University Imaging Through Turbulence: A Light-Field Approach ............................................................................................. 26 Jeremy Bos, Michigan Technological University High-Altitude Airborne Platform Characterisation of Adaptive Optic Corrected Ground Based Laser ................ 27 Francis Bennet, The Australian National University SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS Session Chairs: James "Chris" Higgins, SMC/SYGO and Robert “Lauchie” Scott, Defence R&D Canada ESA's SSA Programme: Activities in Space Surveillance and Tracking .................................................................. 28 Tim Flohrer, European Space Agency ABSTRACTS OF TECHNICAL PAPERS 2017S OF TECHNICAL PAPERS 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS AN/FSY-3 Space Fence System – Sensor Site One/Operations Center Integration Status and Sensor Site Two Planned Capability ................................................................................................................................................ 28 Matthew Hughes, Lockheed Martin Detection of Faint Companions in the Vicinity of Geostationary Satellites ............................................................. 29 Henrique Schmitt, Naval Research Laboratory Empirical Real-time Dynamic Data Driven Detection & Tracking Using Detectionless and Traditional FiSSt Methods ......................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Shahzad Virani, Georgia Institute of Technology An Autonomous Data Reduction Pipeline for Wide Angle EO Systems .................................................................. 30 Grant Privett, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Small and Medium Aperture Speckle Interferometry for Geostationary On-Orbit-Servicing Space Situational Awareness ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Lauchie Scott, Defence R&D Canada – Ottawa The Ultimate Big Data Enterprise Initiative: Defining Functional Capabilities for an International Information System (IIS) for Orbital Space Data (OSD) .................................................................................................................. 31 Robert Raygan, Integrity Applications Incorporated The Role of Impacts and Momentum Transfer for the Evolution of Envisat’s Attitude State ................................. 32 Thomas Schildknecht, Astronomical Institute University of Bern Space Objects Maneuvering Detection and Prediction via Inverse Reinforcement Learning ................................ 32 Roberto Furfaro, Unversity of Arizona Attaining Situational Understanding in the Space Domain ....................................................................................... 33 Barry Schiff, Lockheed Martin A Cloud-Based, Open-Source, Command-and-Control Software Paradigm for Space Situational Awareness ... 33 Jason Thomas, Ball Aerospace Evaluating Options for Civil Space Situational Awareness....................................................................................... 34 Bhavya Lal, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute An Imagineering Approach to the Future of Space Situational Awareness............................................................. 34 Rick Luce, Stellar Solutions, Inc.