Heimdall Web - Optimal SSN Tasking to Enhance Real-time Space Situational Awareness

Orbit Logic and the University of Texas propose to integrate new and improved SSA scoring and scheduling components in an innovative split architecture and operations concept to coordinate tasking and observations for SSN and non-traditional SSA sensor assets to better maintain the space catalog for improved space situational awareness.Heimdall Web components will score/prioritize space catalog objects based on covariance, priority, observability, and other factors, and coordinate an efficient SSA sensor observation schedule for SSN assets that is informed by contributions from non-traditional sensors.We will implement the operations concept defined in Phase I based on sensor participation levels of Scheduled, Tasked and Contributing, and expand the Phase I prototype for to include space sensor tasking.Scheduled and Tasked sensors will receive optimized observation schedules or object tracking lists from central algorithms, while Contributing sensors may review and select from a list of desired track objects.All sensors will send observation schedules and observation data to Heimdall Web to complete the feedback loop for the next scheduling iteration.Phase I interfaces for non-traditional sensor operators will be refined in Phase II, and Heimdall Web will be integrated with JMS for SSN sensor asset planning.