Heimdall System for SSA Sensor Tasking Optimization

ABSTRACT: Orbit Logic and the University of Colorado propose a web-based Heimdall System to schedule observations of known objects and search for and establish custody of unknown objects from the Maui Space Surveillance Site. The Heimdall System includes a modeling environment and a scheduler server. Within the Heimdall System, Finite Set Statistics (FISST) methods will be used to prioritize observations of known objects and identify search areas for unknown objects that are then planned with specialized scheduling algorithms and configurable figure-of-merit scoring. The proposed Heimdall System development effort will leverage Orbit Logic"s existing scheduling software framework to rapidly prototype and compare new algorithms, figures-of-merit, and to simulate observation schedules. BENEFIT: The proposed Heimdall software solution will provide a configurable, automated system to improve sensor tasking efficiency and responsiveness for SSA applications. The proposed FISST algorithms for task prioritization, specialized scheduling algorithms for sensor tasking, and a configurable SSA-specific Figure-of-Merit will together provide optimized and tunable scheduling for the Maui Space Surveillance Site and other sites and organizations across the U.S. military and for allies around the world.