Michael Thompson

Utilization and Validation of DSS-17 on the CAPSTONE Lunar Mission

January 26, 2023

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…

Utilization of Space-Based TDoA and FDoA for Cislunar Orbit Determination

October 18, 2022

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…

2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

August 3, 2022

A few of our team members are attending the 2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference next week in Charlotte, North Carolina. We invite you to listen to their work being presented, some of which demonstrates great collaboration and support from the NASA Gateway Program.…

Cislunar Orbit Determination and Tracking via Simulated Space-Based Measurements

September 14, 2021

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…