Model for Assessing Situational Awareness of Space System

Abstract

The paper presents a mathematical model for assessing the situational awareness of the space system. The model includes a set of algorithms, the main ones being the algorithm for simulating the motion of a spacecraft in a highly elliptical orbit, the algorithm for determining the observability of a given controlled area by a given spacecraft in a highly elliptical orbit at a given time, and the algorithm for determining the observability of a given controlled area by a spacecraft in a geostationary orbit. The model allows the assessment of the information capabilities of a space system of various ballistic structures and compositions. A model numerical example is considered, which makes it possible to compare observability indices of a given control region with two possible variants of a ballistic construction of a spacecraft constellation. The results of the numerical experiment showed the correctness of the proposed mathematical model.