SBIR-STTR Award

a.i. solutions will use its TRL-9 FreeFlyer® COTS product to generate a new capability called ObsSIM. ObsSIM will simulate the ground and space-based sensors of the US Space Surveillance Network (SSN) and produce physics-based, simulated space surveillance sensor observations of Resident Satellite Objects (RSOs) performing potentially hostile on-orbit operations. Modeled physical sensor attributes will include solar lighting constraints, range constraints, sensor slew rates and sensor dwell times. ObsSIM will also account for RSO tasking categories and suffixes when generating simulated observations so they reflect realistic collection capabilities of the SSN. ObsSIM will model RSOs performing maneuvers and other on-orbit events. ObsSIM data will be published in real time to SMC/SYG's Unified Data Library (UDL) where government and commercial customers can subscribe to the data and use it to enable realistic testing, training, and exercise scenarios. ObsSIM will use a.i. solutions' FreeFlyer® commercial off the shelf software application for flight dynamics modeling and simulation. FreeFlyer is a TRL-9 flight dynamics tool used widely in satellite mission analysis, design, and operations by civil, military, and commercial customers. FreeFlyer has been used to support over 225 space missions for Air Force, NASA, and commercial customers.

a.i. solutions will use its FreeFlyer® COTS product to generate a new capability called ObsSIM. FreeFlyer is a TRL-9 astrodynamics modeling and simulation tool that has been used to support over 300 space missions for Air Force, NASA and commercial customers. ObsSIM will simulate the ground and space-based sensors of the US Space Surveillance Network (SSN), allied nations and commercial networks to produce low-cost, physics-based, simulated space surveillance sensor observations of Resident Satellite Objects (RSOs) performing potentially hostile on-orbit operations. Modeled physical sensor attributes will include solar lighting constraints, range constraints, sensor slew rates and sensor dwell times. ObsSIM will also account for RSO tasking priorities so that the resulting simulated observations reflect the realistic collection capabilities of the SSN. ObsSIM will model RSOs performing maneuvers and other on-orbit events. ObsSIM data will be published in real time to the Unified Data Library (UDL) where government and commercial customers can subscribe to the data without software licensing costs or maintenance fees. ObsSIM will provide Air Force End-Users with an unclassified source of realistic sensor observations to enhance space testing and training and to replace "white card" inputs commonly used in space exercises and experiments.