Michael Thompson
Presented at the 33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting 2023 MichaelR. Thompson, and Mitchell Rosen ABSTRACT The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission is an ongoing mission to serve as a pathfinder for cislunar operations and…
Presented at the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) 2022 Conference Michael R. Thompson, Matthew D. Popplewell, Bradley Cheetham ABSTRACT This study evaluates the potential observability benefits of space-based passive RF systems compared to other ground-based and space-based observers for…
Michael R. Thompson, Nathan P. Ré, Cameron Meek, Bradley Cheetham ABSTRACT Building on previous work in cislunar orbit determination at Advanced Space, this paper demonstrates cislunar orbit determination via simulated optical measurements from another spacecraft in cislunar space. The goal of…