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Tracking space debris is crucial for spacecraft safety. This study introduces an advanced filtering technique for enhanced space debris tracking, improving space situational awareness despite sensor network uncertainties.

Keywords:

consensus distributed marginalized δ-GLMB space debris

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Signal Processing
Data Fusion

Background:

Increasing satellite numbers and space debris pose significant risks to spacecraft operations.
Accurate space situational awareness is vital for mission success and safety.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate an efficient space debris tracking algorithm using a network of sensors.
To address challenges like detection uncertainty, data association, and clutter in space debris monitoring.

Main Methods:

Utilized marginalized δ-generalized labeled multi-Bernoulli filtering for space debris tracking.
Employed a consensus algorithm for iterative regional averaging in a sensor network with potentially unknown topology.

Main Results:

The proposed algorithm demonstrated effective space debris tracking capabilities.
Simulation results verified the algorithm's performance in handling complex tracking scenarios.

Conclusions:

The developed algorithm offers an efficient solution for space debris tracking.
This approach enhances space situational awareness by mitigating tracking uncertainties.