Papers by Andrew Schaeperkoetter
A Comprehensive Comparison between Angles-only Initial Orbit Determination Techniques. (December ... more A Comprehensive Comparison between Angles-only Initial Orbit Determination Techniques. (December 2011) Andrew Vernon Schaeperkoetter, B.S., University of Kansas Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Daniele Mortari During the last two centuries many methods have been proposed to solve the angles-only initial orbit determination problem. As this problem continues to be relevant as an initial estimate is needed before high accuracy orbit determination is accomplished, it is important to perform direct comparisons among the popular methods with the aim of determining which methods are the most suitable (accuracy, robustness) for the most important orbit determination scenarios. The methods tested in this analysis were the Laplace method, the Gauss method (suing the Gibbs and Herrick-Gibbs methods to supplement), the Double R method, and the Gooding method. These were tested on a variety of scenarios and popular orbits. A number of methods for quantifying the error have been proposed previou...
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Papers by Andrew Schaeperkoetter