Re-entry prediction of spent rocket bodies in GTO

Gondelach, D, Lidtke, A, Armellin, R, Colombo, C, Lewis, H, Funke, Q and Flohrer, T (2016) Re-entry prediction of spent rocket bodies in GTO In: 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2016-02-14 - 2016-02-18, Napa, California, U.S.A..

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Abstract

Spent upper stages are bodies consisting of components likely to survive re-entry, for example propellant tanks. Therefore, the re-entry of upper stages might be associated with high on-ground casualty risk. This paper presents a tool for re-entry prediction of spent rocket bodies in GTO based exclusively on Two Line Element set (TLE) data. TLE analysis and filtering, spacecraft parameters estimation, and combined state and parameters estimation are the main building blocks of the tool. The performance of the tool is assessed by computing the accuracy of the re-entry prediction of 92 GTO objects, which re-entered in the past 50 years

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Conference Paper)
Subjects :	Electronic Engineering
Divisions :	Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Electronic Engineering
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Gondelach, D Lidtke, A Armellin, R Colombo, C Lewis, H Funke, Q Flohrer, T
Date :	14 February 2016
Contributors :	Contribution Name Email ORCID Zanetti, R Russell, RP Ozimek, MT Bowes, AL http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/PBL American Astronautical Society (AAS),
Depositing User :	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited :	23 Jan 2017 13:57
Last Modified :	31 Oct 2017 19:04
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/813345

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