Optimized Measurement Timing for In-Space Thrust Inference

What is it about?

Characterization of a spacecraft propulsion system's performance relies on operating the propulsion system and then tracking the spacecraft's position over time. In some cases, there might be limitations on the number of measurements of the spacecraft's position we are able to take. We demonstrate that it is possible to optimize when to take a limited number of measurements of the spacecraft's position in order to minimize our uncertainty in the propulsion system performance.

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