Using artificial intelligence for automating testing of a resident space object collision avoidance system on an orbital spacecraft

Jeremy Straub

doi:10.1117/12.2049499

13 June 2014 Using artificial intelligence for automating testing of a resident space object collision avoidance system on an orbital spacecraft

Jeremy Straub

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Proceedings Volume 9095, Modeling and Simulation for Defense Systems and Applications IX; 909502 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2049499
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Resident space objects (RSOs) pose a significant threat to orbital assets. Due to high relative velocities, even a small RSO can cause significant damage to an object that it strikes. Worse, in many cases a collision may create numerous additional RSOs, if the impacted object shatters apart. These new RSOs will have heterogeneous mass, size and orbital characteristics. Collision avoidance systems (CASs) are used to maneuver spacecraft out of the path of RSOs to prevent these impacts. A RSO CAS must be validated to ensure that it is able to perform effectively given a virtually unlimited number of strike scenarios. This paper presents work on the creation of a testing environment and AI testing routine that can be utilized to perform verification and validation activities for cyber-physical systems. It reviews prior work on automated and autonomous testing. Comparative performance (relative to the performance of a human tester) is discussed.

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Jeremy Straub "Using artificial intelligence for automating testing of a resident space object collision avoidance system on an orbital spacecraft", Proc. SPIE 9095, Modeling and Simulation for Defense Systems and Applications IX, 909502 (13 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2049499

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