Tracking of space debris from publicly available data
Authors
Hoddinott, Philip James Bernard
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Anderson, Kurt S.
Christian, John A.
Oehlschlaeger, Matthew A.
Christian, John A.
Oehlschlaeger, Matthew A.
Issue Date
2018-12
Keywords
Aeronautical engineering
Degree
MS
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Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to develop software that will acquire information about earth orbiting debris and turn the information into a usable format for someone with basic orbital mechanics experience. The code will take in parameters about the orbital data from the user. Then it checks for existing files and communicates with NORAD servers. The data is downloaded from NORAD and converted from the Two Line Element set format to Keplerian Orbital Elements. From here the data may be sorted according to the user's desire. The code will be able to handle errors that occur during the process.
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December 2018
School of Engineering
School of Engineering
Department
Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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