Tamara E. Payne, Keith Lucas, Anil Chaudhary, Shaylah Mutschler, (Applied Optimization Inc.), Phan Dao, Jeremy Murray-Krezan, (Air Force Research Laboratory/RVBY)
Keywords: space object identification, satellite characterization, albedo-area product, satellite photometry
Abstract:
In this paper, we present a method to directly convert the photometric measurements to the projected albedo-Area product of a resident space object. The derivation is based on Lambertian reflectance but is general in all other ways. Its most powerful attribute is that it is independent of sensor, space object geometry and other characteristics, as well as photometric waveband. The governing expression can be combined with specific geometries of different orbits and satellite attitude control methods to obtain a parent equation from which the component projected albedo-Area products can be calculated.
Date of Conference: September 10-13, 2013
Track: Non-Resolved Object Characterization’