Space Surveillance Radar Observation Analysis: One-Year Tracking and Orbit Determination Results of KITSAT-1

被引：1

作者：

Choi, Jin ^{[1
]}

Jo, Jung Hyun ^{[1
]}

Choi, Eun-Jung ^{[1
]}

Yu, Jiwoong ^{[1
]}

Choi, Byung-Kyu ^{[1
]}

Kim, Myung-Jin ^{[1
]}

Yim, Hong-Suh ^{[1
]}

Roh, Dong-Goo ^{[1
]}

Kim, Sooyoung ^{[1
]}

Park, Jang-Hyun ^{[1
]}

Cho, Sungki ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Korea Astron & Space Sci Inst, Daejeon 34055, South Korea

来源：

JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES | 2020年 / 37卷 / 02期

基金：

新加坡国家研究基金会;

关键词：

KITSAT-1; radar; tracking; orbit determination; OWL-NET; NETWORK; SATELLITE; MODEL;

D O I：

10.5140/JASS.2020.37.2.105

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Korean Institute of Technology Satellite (KITSAT-1) is the first satellite developed by the Satellite Technology Research Center and the University of Surrey. KITSAT-1 is orbiting the Earth's orbit as space debris with a 1,320 km altitude after the planned mission. Due to its relatively small size and altitude, tracking the KITSAT-1 was a difficult task. In this research, we analyzed the tracking results of KITSAT-1 for one year using the Midland Space Radar (MSR) in Texas and the Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar (PFISR) in Alaska operated by LeoLabs, Inc. The tracking results were analyzed on a weekly basis for MSR and PFISR. The observation was conducted by using both stations at an average frequency of 10 times per week. The overall corrected range measurements for MSR and PFISR by LeoLabs were under 50 m and 25 m, respectively. The ionospheric delay, the dominant error source, was confirmed with the International Reference of Ionosphere-16 model and Global Navigation Satellite System data. The weekly basis orbit determination results were compared with two-line element data. The comparison results were used to confirm the orbital consistency of the estimated orbits.

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页码：105 / 115

页数：11