Research Article

Characteristics of Orbit Determination with Short-Arc Observation by an Optical Tracking Network, OWL-Net

Table 2

Number of overlapped events for 11 domestic LEO satellites at the five OWL-Net stations during the selected week for orbit determination test by the number of weekly optical observation overlapped events (2014: 4th week; 2015: 34th week; and 2016: 18th week).

SatelliteYearTotal number of accessesNumber of overlapped events for short-arc optical observation strategy
Full-arc25012060105

KITSAT-1201416018126200
2015114696100
201610616123000

KITSAT-220140000000
2015631174100
2016641785100

KITSAT-320140000000
201520622200
201642221100

KOMPSAT-1201410039259410
2015501941100
2016561475300

KOMPSAT-220140000000
201521522100
201636210000

KOMPSAT-320140000000
201537543100
20165618136300

KOMPSAT-3A20140000000
201515432200
201633984311

KOMPSAT-5201410422147411
201532842000
201620332200

STSAT-12014100422513600
20156224123200
20166018108300

STSAT-2C201424651100
20156435278300
2016501786410

STSAT-320140000000
201536953100
201653000000