ARO 4460 - Orbit Determination and Estimation (3)

A brief review of the two-body dynamics and space environment; fundamentals of probability and statistics; introduction to orbit problem. Fundamentals of orbit determination techniques: the least squares solution, the minimum variance estimate, maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation, batch and sequential estimation, and the Gauss-Markov process. Observation techniques and models.

Prerequisite(s): ARO Major; C or better in MAT 224, MAT 2240, or MAT 216; and C or better in ARO 309 or ARO 3090.
Component(s): Lecture
Grading Basis: Graded Only
Repeat for Credit: May be taken only once