Engineer in the Space Force. Founder of Orbital Engineering Lab. Building agentic orbital analysis in my spare time. Views do not represent the DoW.
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Victus Haze Mission Reconstruction
What does a space-to-space imaging pursuit look like?
I used Orbital Engagement Lab to create an artist’s interpretation of Victus Haze, showing Jackal approaching Puma, Puma maneuvering away, and Jackal responding.
The animation follows a reference orbit based on Puma’s initial trajectory. This curvilinear view makes their relative motion easier to understand.
The amber cone points from Puma toward the Sun, highlighting geometries where Jackal could view Puma’s illuminated side. It disappears during eclipse and returns with sunlight. It illustrates favorable lighting, not a camera’s field of view or confirmation that an image was taken.
Public orbital data provide snapshots, leaving gaps between observations. To connect selected pre and post-maneuver orbits, I fitted two simulated impulsive burns for each orbital change, then propagated the trajectories with OEL. The sequence also follows the mission’s publicly described approach, evasion, and renewed inspection.
The orbital data anchor the reconstruction; the burn timing, maneuver details, and imaging opportunities are modeled assumptions. This is one plausible visualization of the mission, rather than a recovery of its exact flight history.
See the reply for additional information.
Very nice, now show me the Range Doppler Map
Persistent Camouflage - Air Cover
🇺🇸 Austin based Vigil Autonomy (@VigilAutonomy) founded by Matt Goodman (@goodmattg) has developed autonomous camouflage system that provides persistent cover over the asset for thermal infrared and synthetic aperture radar signature management.
According to Vigil, the system maximum operating altitude is 10m and flight duration is 120min.
Learn more >> tinyurl.com/mr3xfvcm
I’ve got a really stupid idea for an OEL simulation, it’s going to be awesome. Going to try to get it out this weekend.
Adam Cohen retweeted
Change Planes Faster with Astraeus
The new Astraeus orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) from @OrbitalOps_ can produce over 44 kN of thrust.
Orbital plane changes are among the most delta-v-intensive maneuvers in astrodynamics.
Changing inclination without changing the right ascension of the ascending node (RAAN) constrains where the maneuver can be performed.
In this animation, we compare Astraeus performing a 45° plane change against a conventional propulsion system.
The Astraeus OTV doesn’t just have a large delta-v budget. It can expend that delta-v rapidly.
The modeling and visualizations were done using Orbital Engineering Lab. You can find more information in the post below.
Adam Cohen retweeted
LEO to GEO ASAP, on short notice.
The animation below demonstrates what’s possible using the Astraeus orbital transfer vehicle from @OrbitalOps_
Imagine a hypothetical “Victus Raise” mission. Victus Nox and Victus Haze focused on rapid response in LEO, but what if we needed to respond to threats in GEO?
The Astraeus Defender has 6 km/s of delta-v available, so we’ll allocate 5.75 km/s to reaching our desired GEO orbit, reserving 250 m/s for operations once we arrive.
The animation compares minimum-time transfers against fuel-efficient Hohmann transfers across several different starting geometries.
Time is saved by using a more direct transfer orbit and shorter wait times before maneuvering.
By trading fuel for time, we can reach GEO and respond to threats hours earlier.
All modeling and visualization were done using Orbital Engineering Lab. See below for additional info.
Super excited to see Astraeus on orbit! Orbital Operations is building the future of highly maneuverable spacecraft!
Introducing Astraeus.
High mobility. Long duration operations. Greater freedom to maneuver.
Redefining what spacecraft can do in orbit.
Built by Orbital Operations.
Concept video produced by London Studio @ZeroOneCreative and a special thanks their team @ashkan01C, @Rupert01C and @james_01c
Adam Cohen retweeted
Introducing Astraeus.
High mobility. Long duration operations. Greater freedom to maneuver.
Redefining what spacecraft can do in orbit.
Built by Orbital Operations.
Concept video produced by London Studio @ZeroOneCreative and a special thanks their team @ashkan01C, @Rupert01C and @james_01c
It’s kind of crazy how dumb I was to think adding more features was the best way to make people aware of OEL rather than just posting cool stuff you can do with it.
Victus Haze Mission Reconstruction
What does a space-to-space imaging pursuit look like?
I used Orbital Engagement Lab to create an artist’s interpretation of Victus Haze, showing Jackal approaching Puma, Puma maneuvering away, and Jackal responding.
The animation follows a reference orbit based on Puma’s initial trajectory. This curvilinear view makes their relative motion easier to understand.
The amber cone points from Puma toward the Sun, highlighting geometries where Jackal could view Puma’s illuminated side. It disappears during eclipse and returns with sunlight. It illustrates favorable lighting, not a camera’s field of view or confirmation that an image was taken.
Public orbital data provide snapshots, leaving gaps between observations. To connect selected pre and post-maneuver orbits, I fitted two simulated impulsive burns for each orbital change, then propagated the trajectories with OEL. The sequence also follows the mission’s publicly described approach, evasion, and renewed inspection.
The orbital data anchor the reconstruction; the burn timing, maneuver details, and imaging opportunities are modeled assumptions. This is one plausible visualization of the mission, rather than a recovery of its exact flight history.
See the reply for additional information.
A “refutation of ETH” reminds me how in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” they used the Babel fish to disprove the existence of God:
‘The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.’
Does ETH just disappear if it’s refuted? What does that actually mean?
Here's a direct link to OpenAI's PDF claiming a refutation of ETH. In particular, it's claimed that 3SAT on n variables is in about exp(n/(log n)^{1/2+o(1)}) time
github.com/openai/math/blob/…
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Credit to @RocketLab and @The_TrueAnomaly for executing such an awesome mission!
Victus Haze Mission Reconstruction
What does a space-to-space imaging pursuit look like?
I used Orbital Engagement Lab to create an artist’s interpretation of Victus Haze, showing Jackal approaching Puma, Puma maneuvering away, and Jackal responding.
The animation follows a reference orbit based on Puma’s initial trajectory. This curvilinear view makes their relative motion easier to understand.
The amber cone points from Puma toward the Sun, highlighting geometries where Jackal could view Puma’s illuminated side. It disappears during eclipse and returns with sunlight. It illustrates favorable lighting, not a camera’s field of view or confirmation that an image was taken.
Public orbital data provide snapshots, leaving gaps between observations. To connect selected pre and post-maneuver orbits, I fitted two simulated impulsive burns for each orbital change, then propagated the trajectories with OEL. The sequence also follows the mission’s publicly described approach, evasion, and renewed inspection.
The orbital data anchor the reconstruction; the burn timing, maneuver details, and imaging opportunities are modeled assumptions. This is one plausible visualization of the mission, rather than a recovery of its exact flight history.
See the reply for additional information.
