Challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness

The tracking of space objects poses unique challenges when compared to traditional applications. Direct application of standard multi-target tracking models fails to yield accurate results for the case of space objects. For example, dynamic models for traditional applications require simple, often l...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jones, B., Bryant, D., Vo, Ba-Ngu, Vo, Ba Tuong
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22881
_version_ 1848750996677722112
author Jones, B.
Bryant, D.
Vo, Ba-Ngu
Vo, Ba Tuong
author_facet Jones, B.
Bryant, D.
Vo, Ba-Ngu
Vo, Ba Tuong
author_sort Jones, B.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description The tracking of space objects poses unique challenges when compared to traditional applications. Direct application of standard multi-target tracking models fails to yield accurate results for the case of space objects. For example, dynamic models for traditional applications require simple, often linear, discrete-time models. This is not the case for space objects where motion is nonlinear and computation cost is too prohibitive for current Monte Carlo filters. This paper describes the multitarget tracking problem for space objects and summarizes system requirements for space situational awareness. Traditional multitarget filter models are compared to corresponding methods for space object tracking in the context of tracking performance via the d-Generalized Labeled Multi-Bernoulli (d-GLMB) filter. Using these tests, key research challenges for space situational awareness are discussed.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T07:45:42Z
format Conference Paper
id curtin-20.500.11937-22881
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T07:45:42Z
publishDate 2015
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-228812017-01-30T12:34:12Z Challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness Jones, B. Bryant, D. Vo, Ba-Ngu Vo, Ba Tuong The tracking of space objects poses unique challenges when compared to traditional applications. Direct application of standard multi-target tracking models fails to yield accurate results for the case of space objects. For example, dynamic models for traditional applications require simple, often linear, discrete-time models. This is not the case for space objects where motion is nonlinear and computation cost is too prohibitive for current Monte Carlo filters. This paper describes the multitarget tracking problem for space objects and summarizes system requirements for space situational awareness. Traditional multitarget filter models are compared to corresponding methods for space object tracking in the context of tracking performance via the d-Generalized Labeled Multi-Bernoulli (d-GLMB) filter. Using these tests, key research challenges for space situational awareness are discussed. 2015 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22881 restricted
spellingShingle Jones, B.
Bryant, D.
Vo, Ba-Ngu
Vo, Ba Tuong
Challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness
title Challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness
title_full Challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness
title_fullStr Challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness
title_full_unstemmed Challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness
title_short Challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness
title_sort challenges of multi-target tracking for space situational awareness
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22881