Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 5, 20201008(2020)

High sensitive automatic detection technique for space objects

Jun Zhang... Hongjian Zhang, Dakai Sun, Li Wang, Yanpeng Wu, Chunyan Li, Hongjun Zhong and Xin Lu* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Beijing Institute of Control and Engineering, Beijing 100190, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Variety in star extraction number(with a changed value for one important parameter at 22:40, and be back to its original value at 23:00)
    Diagram of the luminance of a space target at the observation camera site
    Effective extraction star number of different filtered pixels
    Diagram of extracted star number
    Original image, extracted target image and its trajectory after certification and tracking algorithm
    Sensitivity analysis for on-ground object detection
    Processing results for on-ground object detection
    • Table 1. Stellar population for different magnitude and field of view

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      Table 1. Stellar population for different magnitude and field of view

      ItemMagnitude
      ≤7.0≤8.0≤10≤11≤12≤13≤14
      Star number in 4π space12 89038 082297 267776 6641 933 7474 614 47410 586 016
      Average star number in 70.3207.71 621.34 23610 54725 16857 738
    • Table 2. Visual magnitude of space targets at different observation distances

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      Table 2. Visual magnitude of space targets at different observation distances

      ItemValue
      Range L/km 8009001 0001 1001 2001 3001 400
      Magnitude10.4810.7410.9711.1811.3711.5411.70
    • Table 3. Visual magnitude of space target for different solar exclusive angle

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      Table 3. Visual magnitude of space target for different solar exclusive angle

      Unknown environment 'document'0102030405060708090
      Magnitude11.9912.1412.2012.2412.2812.3212.4012.5212.7012.95
    • Table 4. Outcomes for different sets of background parameter κ

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      Table 4. Outcomes for different sets of background parameter κ

      Unknown environment 'document'Extracted pixelsExtracted starsAverage pixels per starStar numberExtraction probability
      44 45325117.7450749.50%
      3.55 23728321.1450755.80%
      36 36132719.4550764.49%
      2.58 60240718.5150780.27%
      213 88350017.7450798.6%
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    Jun Zhang, Hongjian Zhang, Dakai Sun, Li Wang, Yanpeng Wu, Chunyan Li, Hongjun Zhong, Xin Lu. High sensitive automatic detection technique for space objects[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2020, 49(5): 20201008

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    Paper Information

    Category: Deep space exploration technology

    Received: Jan. 2, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 17, 2020

    The Author Email: Lu Xin (Luxin1961@yeah.net)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20201008

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