TY - GEN
T1 - Orbit Selection based on an Integration Macro-Micro Collision Risk Assessment Algorithm
AU - Wu, Hao
AU - Yang, Keying
AU - Zhang, Jingrui
AU - Yuan, Yurun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright ©2025 by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). All rights reserved.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Space debris has become a global concern as human space activities intensify; Space Surveillance Networks have cataloged over 36,000 objects, posing persistent hazards to on-orbit spacecraft. This paper proposes an integrated macro-micro collision-risk framework for orbit selection that unifies density-based risk mapping with event-level conjunction analysis. The operational space is voxelized in right ascension, declination, and altitude to estimate spatial density; a Kessler-type formulation converts density and relative-velocity statistics into a macroscopic collision probability, yielding a low-risk initial orbit. Objects intersecting the operational corridor are then screened, and precise relative motion is propagated to detect close approaches under a distance threshold; associated avoidance maneuvers and fuel consumption are accounted for. The overall design is cast as a multi-objective optimization that minimizes cumulative collision probability and AV subject to orbital-dynamics, mission, and safety constraints. By jointly considering macroscopic collision likelihood and microscopic events, the method provides a principled basis for selecting safer, fuel-efficient orbits.
AB - Space debris has become a global concern as human space activities intensify; Space Surveillance Networks have cataloged over 36,000 objects, posing persistent hazards to on-orbit spacecraft. This paper proposes an integrated macro-micro collision-risk framework for orbit selection that unifies density-based risk mapping with event-level conjunction analysis. The operational space is voxelized in right ascension, declination, and altitude to estimate spatial density; a Kessler-type formulation converts density and relative-velocity statistics into a macroscopic collision probability, yielding a low-risk initial orbit. Objects intersecting the operational corridor are then screened, and precise relative motion is propagated to detect close approaches under a distance threshold; associated avoidance maneuvers and fuel consumption are accounted for. The overall design is cast as a multi-objective optimization that minimizes cumulative collision probability and AV subject to orbital-dynamics, mission, and safety constraints. By jointly considering macroscopic collision likelihood and microscopic events, the method provides a principled basis for selecting safer, fuel-efficient orbits.
KW - Macro-micro integration
KW - Multi-objective optimization
KW - Risk-aware orbit selection
KW - Space debris
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105040830232
U2 - 10.52202/083079-0159
DO - 10.52202/083079-0159
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105040830232
T3 - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
SP - 1545
EP - 1549
BT - 23rd IAA Symposium on Space Debris - Held at the 76th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2025
PB - International Astronautical Federation, IAF
T2 - 23rd IAA Symposium on Space Debris at the 76th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2025
Y2 - 29 September 2025 through 3 October 2025
ER -