Image Processing Techniques for Space Situational Awareness

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dc.contributor.advisorLee, Regina
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Michael Ian
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T15:43:19Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T15:43:19Z
dc.date.copyright2023-12-05
dc.date.issued2024-07-22
dc.date.updated2024-07-22T15:43:19Z
dc.degree.disciplineEarth & Space Science
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractWith a renewed interest in space, it is paramount to understand the space environment; an act commonly referred to as Space Situational Awareness (SSA). Tracking and performing measurements on nearby orbiting objects; known as RSOs helps us better understand SSA. Image processing is a significant step in improving SSA capabilities, aiding in space object detection, tracking, and characterization. This thesis addresses gaps in RSO image processing, with a focus placed on developing specialized pipelines for the production of photometric measurements of Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) RSOs and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Despite challenges like the unique Earth-Sun L2 Orbit of JWST and high noise issues, this study successfully produced calibrated photometric light curves of three targeted RSOs, advancing our understanding of photometric SSA methodologies.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42229
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectAerospace engineering
dc.subjectAtmospheric sciences
dc.subject.keywordsPhotometry
dc.subject.keywordsSpace Situational Awareness
dc.subject.keywordsSatellite
dc.subject.keywordsResident Space Object
dc.subject.keywordsRSO
dc.subject.keywordsImage processing
dc.subject.keywordsImage reduction
dc.subject.keywordsCis-lunar
dc.subject.keywordsPropagation
dc.subject.keywordsAstrometry
dc.subject.keywordsPlate solving
dc.subject.keywordsTracking
dc.subject.keywordsTwo line element sets
dc.titleImage Processing Techniques for Space Situational Awareness
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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