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Refined STACK-CNN for Meteor and Space Debris Detection in Highly Variable Backgrounds
University of Turin, Department of Physics, Turin, Italy.ORCID iD: 0009-0006-0990-0736
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Medical Imaging.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5456-3894
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Physics, Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Medical Imaging.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0406-0962
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow, Russia, 119991.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0334-2367
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Number of Authors: 592024 (English)In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, ISSN 1939-1404, E-ISSN 2151-1535, Vol. 17, p. 10432-10453Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article, we present cutting-edge machine learning-based techniques for the detection and reconstruction of meteors and space debris in the Mini-EUSO experiment, a detector installed on board of the International Space Station, and pointing toward the Earth. We base our approach on a recent technique, the STACKing method plus Convolutional Neural Network (STACK-CNN), originally developed as an online trigger in an orbiting remediation system to detect space debris. Our proposed method, the refined-STACKing method plus convolutional neural network (R-Stack-CNN), makes the STACKing method plus convolutional neural network (STACK-CNN) more robust, thanks to a random forest that learns the temporal development of these events in the camera. We prove the flexibility of our method by showing that it is sensitive to any space object that moves linearly in the field of view. First, we search small space debris, never observed by Mini-EUSO. Due to the limiting statistics, also in this case, no debris were found. However, since meteors produce signals similar to space debris but they are much more frequent, the R-Stack-CNN is adapted to identify such events while avoiding the numerous false positives of the Stack-CNN. Results from real data show that the R-Stack-CNN is able to find more meteors than a classical thresholding method and a new method of two neural networks. We also show that the method is also able to accurately reconstruct speed and direction of meteors with simulated data.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024. Vol. 17, p. 10432-10453
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Neural network applications, space technology
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367417DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3397734ISI: 001236723400017Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85192717716OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367417DiVA, id: diva2:1984777
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