Single station Doppler tracking for satellite orbit prediction and propagation
| dc.contributor.advisor | Fowler, Wallace T. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Lightsey, E. Glenn | en |
| dc.creator | Dykstra, Matthew C. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-13T18:49:57Z | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-22T22:28:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-10-13T18:49:57Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-22T22:28:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2015 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-10-13T18:49:57Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Presently, there are two main methods of launching a cube satellite into Earth orbit. The first method is to purchase a secondary payload slot on a major launch vehicle. For the second method, the satellite must first be transported via a major launch vehicle to the International Space Station. From there, the satellite is loaded into one of two deployment mechanisms, and deployed at a specified time. In each case, the satellite's initial orbit is not accurately known. For ground operators this poses a problem of position uncertainty. In order to solve this problem, a satellite tracking algorithm was developed to use an initial two-line element set for coarse orbit prediction, followed by Doppler measurements for continuous processing and updating. The system was tested using simulated data. The analysis showed that this low-cost, scalable system will satisfy the tracking requirements of many cube satellite missions, including current missions at the University of Texas. | en |
| dc.description.department | Aerospace Engineering | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.15781/T2DK6X | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/31713 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Satellite | en |
| dc.subject | Propagation | en |
| dc.subject | Doppler | en |
| dc.subject | Tracking | en |
| dc.subject | Estimation | en |
| dc.subject | CubeSat | en |
| dc.subject | Ground station | en |
| dc.subject | Orbit | en |
| dc.subject | Prediction | en |
| dc.subject | Scheduling | en |
| dc.subject | Reference frame | en |
| dc.title | Single station Doppler tracking for satellite orbit prediction and propagation | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |