DETECTION OF SPACECRAFT ORBITS IN MULTI-ELEMENT LAUNCHES WITH LOW SCATTERING SPEED. DISTRIBUTION OF MEASUREMENTS OF ORBITS
The paper considers the structure of the algorithm for detecting the orbits of spacecraft in multi‑element launches with low speed of scattering. These launches are used in recent years for the launching of microsatellites into orbits. In the proposed algorithm, the difficult task of distributing measurements to orbits is solved on the basis of taking into account the features of the relative motion of nearby space objects that form a dense cluster at launch. In particular, it is proposed to use the relative distance between the spacecraft in the direction of the velocity vector as a distribution parameter. Then the problem of detecting orbits is reduced to the distribution of measurements in one‑dimensional space of relative distances. The developed structure of the algorithm can significantly reduce the detection time and the number of calculations compared to the standard algorithm. Verification of the proposed method on the example of analyzing data on the actual launch of the spacecraft confirmed its effectiveness.