One notable application of our nonlinear estimation techniques is the determination of the orbit of a space object: both a vehicle we control (ground-based navigation) or an object (debris or un-cooperative satellite) we do not control (space situational awareness).
Publications
- Sehyun Yun, Renato Zanetti, Brandon A. Jones. Kernel-Based Ensemble Gaussian Mixture Filtering for Orbit Determination with Sparse Data. Journal of Advances in Space Research, 69(12):4179–4197, 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.03.041
- Simone Servadio and Renato Zanetti. Differential Algebra Based Multiple Gaussians Particle Filter for Orbit Determination. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 191(2):459–485, 2021. doi: 10.1007/s10957-021-01934-8
- Sehyun Yun, Kirsten Tuggle, Renato Zanetti, and Christopher D’Souza. Sensor Configuration Trade Study for Navigation in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, accepted for publication.
- Sehyun Yun and Renato Zanetti. Nonlinear Filtering of Light-Curve Data. Advances in Space Research, 66(7):1672-1688, October 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2020.06.024
- Simone Servadio and Renato Zanetti. Recursive Polynomial Minimum Mean-Square Error Estimation with Applications to Orbit Determination. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 43(5):939-954, May 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.G004544.
- Francesco De Dilectis, Daniele Mortari, and Renato Zanetti. Bezier Description of Space Trajectories. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 39(11):2535–2539, November 2016. doi: 10.2514/1.G000719.
- Roberto Armellin, Pierluigi Di Lizia, and Renato Zanetti. Dealing with uncertainties in angles-only initial orbit determination. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 125(4):435–450, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s10569- 016-9694-z.