[HTML][HTML] LEO mega constellations: review of development, impact, surveillance, and governance

J Zhang, Y Cai, C Xue, Z Xue, H Cai - Space: Science & Technology, 2022 - spj.science.org
The rapid development of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) mega constellations has significantly
contributed to several aspects of human scientific progress, such as communication …

Review of sensor tasking methods in Space Situational Awareness

C Xue, H Cai, S Gehly, M Jah, J Zhang - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
To ensure the secure operation of space assets, it is crucial to employ ground and/or space-
based surveillance sensors to observe a diverse array of anthropogenic space objects …

Sensor tasking in the cislunar regime using Monte Carlo Tree Search

S Fedeler, M Holzinger, W Whitacre - Advances in Space Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Maintaining tracks on space objects with limited sets of observers is a critical problem, made
more urgent with exponential growth in the population of near-Earth satellites. An optimally …

Evidence gathering for hypothesis resolution using judicial evidential reasoning

AD Jaunzemis, MJ Holzinger, MW Chan, PP Shenoy - Information Fusion, 2019 - Elsevier
Realistic decision-making often occurs with insufficient time to gather all possible evidence
before a decision must be rendered, requiring an efficient process for prioritizing between …

Convolutional neural networks for inference of space object attitude status

GP Badura, CR Valenta, B Gunter - The Journal of the Astronautical …, 2022 - Springer
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are utilized for the task of inferring the attitude status
in terms of rotation rate of resident space objects (RSOs) using simulated light curve …

Learned event-based visual perception for improved space object detection

N Salvatore, J Fletcher - Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF …, 2022 - openaccess.thecvf.com
The detection of dim artificial Earth satellites using ground-based electro-optical sensors,
particularly in the presence of background light, is technologically challenging. This …

Sensor tasking for search and catalog maintenance of geosynchronous space objects

H Cai, Y Yang, S Gehly, C He, M Jah - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
The space object catalog provides orbital state and characteristic information of space
objects for critical applications in space situational awareness. Maintaining accurate states …

Sensor tasking for spacecraft custody maintenance and anomaly detection using evidential reasoning

AD Jaunzemis, MJ Holzinger, KK Luu - Journal of Aerospace …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
Current state-of-the-art sensor tasking for space situational awareness is human-analyst
intensive, reactive, and individualized for specific sensors. In application, there are many …

[PDF][PDF] Evidence-based sensor tasking for space domain awareness

AD Jaunzemis, MJ Holzinger, MK Jah - Advanced Maui Optical and …, 2016 - amostech.com
Abstract Space Domain Awareness (SDA) is the actionable knowledge required to predict,
avoid, deter, operate through, recover from, and/or attribute cause to the loss and/or …

Optimal cislunar architecture design using Monte Carlo tree search methods

M Klonowski, MJ Holzinger, NO Fahrner - The Journal of the Astronautical …, 2023 - Springer
A novel multi-objective Monte Carlo Tree Search (MO-MCTS) algorithm is developed and
implemented for use in architecture design problems. This algorithm is used with two well …