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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
//! Orbit determination: recover a satellite's orbital state from ground-station tracking.
//!
//! Given range measurements from known ground stations to a satellite across a tracking arc, recover
//! the satellite's initial state `[r, v]` (the classic orbit-determination problem). This composes
//! three shipped pieces into a working pipeline: the **two-body + J2 force model**
//! ([`crate::forces`]) and the **RK4 integrator** ([`crate::integrator`]) propagate a candidate
//! state across the arc, and a measurement model predicts each station range; the **Gauss–Newton
//! batch least-squares corrector** ([`crate::batch_ls::gauss_newton`]) then drives the candidate
//! onto the state that best explains the measurements. The same force-model dynamics and range model
//! also drive a **sequential** (recursive) determination on the shipped unscented filter
//! ([`crate::fusion::ukf::Ukf`]), so both the batch and the sequential estimators are available.
//!
//! Scope (honest): this is the range-only batch and sequential OD over the two-body + J2 dynamics.
//! Adding range-rate/Doppler and angle (azimuth/elevation) measurements, an analytic J2
//! state-transition matrix (the finite-difference Jacobian is used here), higher-order gravity and
//! non-gravitational forces, and station visibility masking are follow-ons (see `ROADMAP.md`).
use crate::batch_ls::{gauss_newton, LsqResult};
use crate::forces::gravity_accel;
use crate::fusion::ukf::Ukf;
use crate::integrator::rk4_step;
/// A ground tracking station at a fixed ECEF position (m).
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
pub struct Station {
/// Station ECEF position (m).
pub pos: [f64; 3],
}
/// Derivative of the six-state `[r, v]` under the two-body + J2 gravity field: `ṙ = v`, `v̇ = g(r)`.
fn gravity_deriv(_t: f64, y: &[f64]) -> Vec<f64> {
let a = gravity_accel([y[0], y[1], y[2]]);
vec![y[3], y[4], y[5], a[0], a[1], a[2]]
}
/// Propagate the six-state `x0` forward, returning its position at each of `n_epochs` epochs spaced
/// `dt` seconds apart (epoch `k` is `x0` advanced by `k·dt`, for `k = 1..=n_epochs`).
pub fn propagate_positions(x0: &[f64], dt: f64, n_epochs: usize) -> Vec<[f64; 3]> {
let mut s = x0.to_vec();
let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(n_epochs);
for _ in 0..n_epochs {
s = rk4_step(&gravity_deriv, 0.0, &s, dt);
out.push([s[0], s[1], s[2]]);
}
out
}
fn range_to(sat: [f64; 3], station: &Station) -> f64 {
let d = [
sat[0] - station.pos[0],
sat[1] - station.pos[1],
sat[2] - station.pos[2],
];
(d[0] * d[0] + d[1] * d[1] + d[2] * d[2]).sqrt()
}
/// Predicted range measurements for an initial state `x0`: propagate across the arc and, at each
/// epoch, the range to every station — stacked epoch-major (`epoch 1 × all stations`, then
/// `epoch 2 × …`). This is the measurement model the batch corrector inverts.
pub fn predict_ranges(x0: &[f64], stations: &[Station], dt: f64, n_epochs: usize) -> Vec<f64> {
let positions = propagate_positions(x0, dt, n_epochs);
let mut z = Vec::with_capacity(n_epochs * stations.len());
for sat in positions {
for st in stations {
z.push(range_to(sat, st));
}
}
z
}
/// **Batch** orbit determination: recover the initial state best explaining the stacked range
/// measurements `z` (epoch-major, matching [`predict_ranges`]) by Gauss–Newton least squares from
/// the initial guess `x0`. `weights` is one `1/σ²` per measurement. Returns `None` on a dimension
/// mismatch or rank-deficient geometry.
#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
pub fn determine_orbit_batch(
z: &[f64],
weights: &[f64],
x0: &[f64],
stations: &[Station],
dt: f64,
n_epochs: usize,
max_iter: usize,
tol: f64,
) -> Option<LsqResult> {
let stations = stations.to_vec();
gauss_newton(
|x| predict_ranges(x, &stations, dt, n_epochs),
z,
weights,
x0,
max_iter,
tol,
)
}
/// **Sequential** orbit determination: starting from `x0`/`p0`, step a [`Ukf`] forward through the
/// force-model dynamics and update it with each epoch's station ranges in turn, returning the final
/// filter. `ranges_per_epoch[k]` holds one range per station for epoch `k` (spaced `dt` apart);
/// `q` is the per-step process noise and `sigma` the per-range standard deviation.
pub fn determine_orbit_sequential(
x0: Vec<f64>,
p0: Vec<Vec<f64>>,
q: &[Vec<f64>],
stations: &[Station],
ranges_per_epoch: &[Vec<f64>],
sigma: f64,
dt: f64,
) -> Ukf {
let mut ukf = Ukf::new(x0, p0);
ukf.alpha = 1.0;
ukf.kappa = 0.0;
let stations = stations.to_vec();
let predict = move |s: &[f64]| rk4_step(&gravity_deriv, 0.0, s, dt);
for epoch in ranges_per_epoch {
ukf.predict(predict, q);
let stns = stations.clone();
let h = move |s: &[f64]| {
stns.iter()
.map(|st| range_to([s[0], s[1], s[2]], st))
.collect()
};
let k = epoch.len();
let mut r = vec![vec![0.0; k]; k];
for (i, row) in r.iter_mut().enumerate() {
row[i] = sigma * sigma;
}
ukf.update(h, epoch, &r);
}
ukf
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use crate::forces::MU_EARTH;
use rand::SeedableRng;
use rand_chacha::ChaCha8Rng;
use rand_distr::{Distribution, Normal};
// Three ground stations spread around the Earth (ECEF, on the equatorial surface and a tilt).
fn stations() -> Vec<Station> {
vec![
Station {
pos: [6.378e6, 0.0, 0.0],
},
Station {
pos: [0.0, 6.378e6, 0.0],
},
Station {
pos: [3.5e6, 3.5e6, 4.0e6],
},
]
}
// A true LEO orbital state [r, v]: circular speed at r = 7000 km, inclined 35°.
fn truth_state() -> [f64; 6] {
let r = 7.0e6_f64;
let v = (MU_EARTH / r).sqrt();
let inc = 35.0_f64.to_radians();
[r, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, v * inc.cos(), v * inc.sin()]
}
fn pos_err(est: &[f64], truth: &[f64]) -> f64 {
let d = [est[0] - truth[0], est[1] - truth[1], est[2] - truth[2]];
(d[0] * d[0] + d[1] * d[1] + d[2] * d[2]).sqrt()
}
fn vel_err(est: &[f64], truth: &[f64]) -> f64 {
let d = [est[3] - truth[3], est[4] - truth[4], est[5] - truth[5]];
(d[0] * d[0] + d[1] * d[1] + d[2] * d[2]).sqrt()
}
#[test]
fn range_prediction_starts_at_the_geometric_range() {
let truth = truth_state();
let stns = stations();
let dt = 30.0;
let z = predict_ranges(&truth, &stns, dt, 1);
// First epoch is one dt in; the orbit has moved, but the range to each station is a valid
// Euclidean distance and changes across the arc (so the geometry is informative).
assert_eq!(z.len(), stns.len());
let later = predict_ranges(&truth, &stns, dt, 20);
assert_eq!(later.len(), 20 * stns.len());
// The range to station 0 is not constant across the arc (the satellite is moving).
assert!((later[0] - later[later.len() - stns.len()]).abs() > 1.0);
}
#[test]
fn batch_recovers_orbit_from_noiseless_ranges() {
let truth = truth_state();
let stns = stations();
let dt = 20.0;
let n = 30; // a 10-minute tracking arc
let z = predict_ranges(&truth, &stns, dt, n);
let weights = vec![1.0; z.len()];
// A guess perturbed ~1 km in position and ~5 m/s in velocity.
let guess = [
truth[0] + 1000.0,
truth[1] - 800.0,
truth[2] + 600.0,
truth[3] + 5.0,
truth[4] - 4.0,
truth[5] + 3.0,
];
let sol = determine_orbit_batch(&z, &weights, &guess, &stns, dt, n, 30, 1e-9)
.expect("OD converges");
assert!(sol.converged, "did not converge: {sol:?}");
// Noiseless ranges + an exact dynamic model ⇒ the corrector recovers the true state tightly.
assert!(
pos_err(&sol.x, &truth) < 1.0,
"position error {} m",
pos_err(&sol.x, &truth)
);
assert!(
vel_err(&sol.x, &truth) < 1e-3,
"velocity error {} m/s",
vel_err(&sol.x, &truth)
);
}
#[test]
fn batch_recovers_orbit_from_noisy_ranges_within_bound() {
let truth = truth_state();
let stns = stations();
let dt = 20.0;
let n = 30;
let clean = predict_ranges(&truth, &stns, dt, n);
let mut rng = ChaCha8Rng::seed_from_u64(0x0D_0D_0D);
let noise = Normal::new(0.0, 5.0).unwrap(); // σ = 5 m ranging noise
let z: Vec<f64> = clean.iter().map(|&r| r + noise.sample(&mut rng)).collect();
let weights = vec![1.0 / 25.0; z.len()]; // 1/σ²
let guess = [
truth[0] + 1000.0,
truth[1] - 800.0,
truth[2] + 600.0,
truth[3] + 5.0,
truth[4] - 4.0,
truth[5] + 3.0,
];
let sol =
determine_orbit_batch(&z, &weights, &guess, &stns, dt, n, 50, 1e-3).expect("OD runs");
// The real OD acceptance is the estimate, not the internal step-norm flag: with 5 m ranging
// noise over a 90-measurement arc the batch estimate recovers position to a few metres, and
// the post-fit residual RMS sits at the measurement-noise floor (≈ σ = 5 m), the signature
// of a consistent least-squares fit. (The `converged` flag stays false here because at the
// noise floor the Gauss–Newton step oscillates above the 1e-3 m tolerance — expected.)
assert!(
pos_err(&sol.x, &truth) < 20.0,
"position error {} m",
pos_err(&sol.x, &truth)
);
assert!(
(3.0..8.0).contains(&sol.rms_residual),
"post-fit RMS {} m (want ≈ σ = 5 m)",
sol.rms_residual
);
}
#[test]
fn sequential_ukf_recovers_orbit_from_ranges() {
let truth = truth_state();
let stns = stations();
let dt = 20.0;
let n = 60; // a longer arc for the recursive estimator to converge
let positions = propagate_positions(&truth, dt, n);
let ranges_per_epoch: Vec<Vec<f64>> = positions
.iter()
.map(|&sat| stns.iter().map(|st| range_to(sat, st)).collect())
.collect();
let guess = vec![
truth[0] + 1000.0,
truth[1] - 800.0,
truth[2] + 600.0,
truth[3] + 5.0,
truth[4] - 4.0,
truth[5] + 3.0,
];
let p0 = diag(&[1.0e6, 1.0e6, 1.0e6, 1.0e2, 1.0e2, 1.0e2]);
let q = diag(&[1.0e-3, 1.0e-3, 1.0e-3, 1.0e-6, 1.0e-6, 1.0e-6]);
let ukf = determine_orbit_sequential(guess, p0, &q, &stns, &ranges_per_epoch, 1.0, dt);
// The recursive filter, processing the noiseless ranges one epoch at a time, converges onto
// the truth state (final position at the last epoch).
let final_truth = {
let last = positions[n - 1];
// truth velocity at the final epoch is not directly known here; check position only.
[last[0], last[1], last[2], 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
};
assert!(
pos_err(&ukf.x, &final_truth) < 50.0,
"sequential OD position error {} m",
pos_err(&ukf.x, &final_truth)
);
}
fn diag(d: &[f64]) -> Vec<Vec<f64>> {
let n = d.len();
let mut m = vec![vec![0.0; n]; n];
for (i, &v) in d.iter().enumerate() {
m[i][i] = v;
}
m
}
}