astromeasurements-jl

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Develop and maintain AstroMeasurements.jl, a Julia library for computing astrodynamics measurements from observers. Use when working on AstroMeasurements.jl, implementing observation models, computing measurement Jacobians, or simulating orbit determination observations.

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AstroMeasurements.jl

Julia library for computing astrodynamic measurements from various observer types. Repo: HAMMERHEAD-Space/AstroMeasurements.jl

Architecture

Observer Types

Type	Measurements	Description
`Radar`	rho, rho_dot, alpha, delta	Range, range-rate, RA, Dec
`RangeOnly`	rho, rho_dot	Range and range-rate only
`Optical`	alpha, delta, alpha_dot, delta_dot	Angles and angular rates
`AngleOnly`	alpha, delta	RA and Dec only
`GNSSType`	x,y,z,vx,vy,vz	Full state from GNSS
`FullStateType`	x,y,z,vx,vy,vz	Perfect state observation (simulation)

Source Layout

src/
  AstroMeasurements.jl          # Module entry, exports, includes
  constants.jl                   # Physical constants
  observer_types.jl              # Observer type definitions
  observer_functions.jl          # Shared observer utilities
  get_measurement.jl             # Core measurement computation
  get_measurement_jacobian.jl    # Analytical Jacobians
  radar.jl                       # Radar-specific logic
  optical.jl                     # Optical-specific logic
  gnss.jl                        # GNSS-specific logic
  fullstate.jl                   # Full-state observer logic

Key Patterns

Core API

# Compute measurement from observer
meas = get_measurement(observer, state, params...)

# Compute analytical Jacobian
H = get_measurement_jacobian(observer, state, params...)

Multiple dispatch on observer type selects the correct measurement model.

Analytical Jacobians

Hand-derived Jacobians verified against ForwardDiff in tests. This provides:

Better performance than AD for orbit determination inner loops
Validated correctness against automatic differentiation

Features

Light-time correction: Optional for ground station observations
Elevation masking: Configurable elevation masks for visibility checking
Frame transformations: Uses SatelliteToolboxTransformations for ECI/ECEF conversion

Adding a New Observer Type

Define observer struct in observer_types.jl
Implement get_measurement() dispatch for the new type
Derive and implement analytical Jacobian in get_measurement_jacobian.jl
Validate Jacobian against ForwardDiff in tests
Add @check_allocs test for measurement computation

Dependencies

AstroCoords 0.3, Parameters 0.12, StaticArraysCore 1
SatelliteToolboxTransformations 1 (frame transformations)
Test: AllocCheck, Aqua, ForwardDiff, JET