Modeling of space-based single photon detection for space non-cooperative target

Jinghao Zhang; Yongchao Zheng; Weidong Shang; Zizheng Gong

doi:10.1117/12.2268366

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8 March 2017 Modeling of space-based single photon detection for space non-cooperative target

Jinghao Zhang, Yongchao Zheng, Weidong Shang, Zizheng Gong

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Proceedings Volume 10255, Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016; 102554I (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2268366
Event: Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016, 2016, Jinhua, Suzhou, Chengdu, Xi'an, Wuxi, China

Abstract

In order to detect dangerous space non-cooperative targets, we have researched the technology of single photon laser detection. A single photon detection model which includes relative radial velocity between space-based detector and target was proposed, as well as, we analyzed the detection method of non-cooperative targets on a space-based plat-form. The results of simulations show that single photon laser detection can effectively detect the target of the distance 160 km and velocity 5 km/s under the load requirements of the space-based platform, its ranging accuracy could be improved 2~3 orders of magnitude compared with world ground-based traditional detection technology for space non-cooperative targets , and it can effectively reduce the collision probability of spacecraft

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Jinghao Zhang, Yongchao Zheng, Weidong Shang, and Zizheng Gong "Modeling of space-based single photon detection for space non-cooperative target", Proc. SPIE 10255, Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016, 102554I (8 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2268366

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