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Moriba Jah is an astrodynamicist and space environmentalist laying the foundation for a…
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Seeking Senior Software Engineer: a Guardian of Gaia
Seeking Senior Software Engineer: a Guardian of Gaia
By Moriba Jah
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Strengthening America's Safety: The Urgent Imperative for a National Database, Accessible Mental Healthcare, and Sensible Firearm Laws
Strengthening America's Safety: The Urgent Imperative for a National Database, Accessible Mental Healthcare, and Sensible Firearm Laws
By Moriba Jah
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Bridging the Oversight Gap in Space: A Call for Collective Responsibility
Bridging the Oversight Gap in Space: A Call for Collective Responsibility
By Moriba Jah
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Yahoo and others have, thankfully, picked up the story on PIRG's report "WasteX: Environmental harms of satellite internet mega-constellations" about…
Yahoo and others have, thankfully, picked up the story on PIRG's report "WasteX: Environmental harms of satellite internet mega-constellations" about…
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Look forward to seeing all you Space Cowboys on Wednesday in Houston !!
Look forward to seeing all you Space Cowboys on Wednesday in Houston !!
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Experience
Education
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Session Chair
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Science and Technology
Publications
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Ground Optical Signal Processing Architecture For Contributing Space-Based SSA Sensor Data (GOSPA)
AMOS 2014 Conference
While existing optical signal processing implementations are capable of converting raw sensor data to angles-only measurements, they may be difficult to customize, obtain, and deploy on low-cost demonstration programs. The Ground Optical Signal Processing Architecture (GOSPA) (inexpensive, easy to customize, obtain, and deploy) can ingest raw imagery and telemetry from a space-based optical sensor and perform a background subtraction process to remove anomalous pixels, interpolate over bad…
While existing optical signal processing implementations are capable of converting raw sensor data to angles-only measurements, they may be difficult to customize, obtain, and deploy on low-cost demonstration programs. The Ground Optical Signal Processing Architecture (GOSPA) (inexpensive, easy to customize, obtain, and deploy) can ingest raw imagery and telemetry from a space-based optical sensor and perform a background subtraction process to remove anomalous pixels, interpolate over bad pixels, and dominant temporal noise. Streak end points and target centroids are located using the AFRL Generalized Electro-Optical Detection, Tracking, ID, and Characterization Application (GEODETICA); an image data reduction pipeline for ground and space-based SSA. These identified streak locations are fused with the corresponding telemetry to determine the Right Ascension and Declination (RA/DEC) measurements. The measurements are processed through the AFRL Constrained Admissible Region Multiple Hypothesis Filter (CAR-MHF) to determine its initial orbit (IOD). GOSPA performance is demonstrated using non-rate tracking collections against a satellite in GEO, simulated from a visible optical imaging sensor in a polar LEO. Stars, noise and bad pixels are simulated based on look angles and sensor parameters. Under this scenario, GOSPA generated an IOD with absolute position/velocity errors of less than 2.5 km and 0.3 m/s using sensor RA/DEC RSS pointing uncertainties as large as 70.7 arcsec. This demonstrates the capability for GOSPA to support contributing SSA space-based optical sensors under OrbitOutlook and subsequently provide useful data back to space command and control.
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Collision Probability with Gaussian Mixture Orbit Uncertainty
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
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Entropy-based Approach for Uncertainty Propagation of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
AIAA Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
Autonomous method to approximate the evolution of the system pdfs exploiting measures of information theory
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THE USE OF SHORT-ARC ANGLE AND ANGLE RATE DATA FOR DEEP-SPACE INITIAL ORBIT DETERMINATION AND TRACK ASSOCIATION
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
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A New Approach to Space Domain Awareness at the University of Arizona
Conference: NATO Symposium on "Considerations for Space and Space-Enabled Capabilities in NATO Coalition Operations", At Loughborough, United Kingdom
As the spacefaring community is well aware, the increasingly rapid proliferation of man-made objects in space, whether active satellites or debris, threatens the safe and secure operation of spacecraft and requires that we change the way we conduct business in space. The introduction of appropriate protocols and procedures to regulate the use of space is predicated on the availability of quantifiable and timely information regarding the behavior of resident space objects (RSO): the basis of…
As the spacefaring community is well aware, the increasingly rapid proliferation of man-made objects in space, whether active satellites or debris, threatens the safe and secure operation of spacecraft and requires that we change the way we conduct business in space. The introduction of appropriate protocols and procedures to regulate the use of space is predicated on the availability of quantifiable and timely information regarding the behavior of resident space objects (RSO): the basis of space domain awareness (SDA). Yet despite five decades of space operations, and a growing global dependence on the services provided by space-based platforms, the population of Earth orbiting space objects is still neither rigorously nor comprehensively quantified, and the behaviors of these objects, whether directed by human agency or governed by interaction with the space environment, are inadequately characterized. In response to these challenges, the University of Arizona (UA) has recently established the Space Object Behavioral Sciences (SOBS) Division of its Defense and Security Research Institute (DSRI) with a mandate to carry out research, education, and operational support to spacecraft operators. The SOBS Division builds on UA's heritage as a world leader in space science.
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Astrometric and Photometric Data Fusion for Resident Space Object Orbit, Attitude, and Shape Determination Via Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation
AIAA
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Projects
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ASTRIA
A US Air Force Research Laboratory led consortium assembling and coordinating the world's top astrodynamics expertise to better serve the needs of the US Air Force, establishing relationships and membership via Educational Partnership Agreements (EPA), Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA), Non-Domestic CRADA, and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).
ASTRIA takes US Air Force astrodynamics needs as input, makes recommendations as output (providing feedback input to the Air…A US Air Force Research Laboratory led consortium assembling and coordinating the world's top astrodynamics expertise to better serve the needs of the US Air Force, establishing relationships and membership via Educational Partnership Agreements (EPA), Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA), Non-Domestic CRADA, and Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).
ASTRIA takes US Air Force astrodynamics needs as input, makes recommendations as output (providing feedback input to the Air Force Space Command's Astrodynamics Innovation Committee [AIC]), and coordinates and provides relevant data to ASTRIA members for the development and maturation of algorithms, methods, and processes then enable and improve Air Force astrodynamics capabilities via the Astrodynamics Collaborative Environment (ACE).
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Honors & Awards
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“Genius Grant” Fellow
MacArthur Foundation
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(Full) Member, International Academy of Astronautics
International Academy of Astronautics
Moriba K. Jah, associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics and holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering, has been elected a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), for his recognized contributions to Astronautics.
Link: https://iaaspace.org/iaa-newly-elected-members-2020/
The IAA is an independent, non-governmental organization that brings together the world's foremost experts in the…Moriba K. Jah, associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics and holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering, has been elected a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), for his recognized contributions to Astronautics.
Link: https://iaaspace.org/iaa-newly-elected-members-2020/
The IAA is an independent, non-governmental organization that brings together the world's foremost experts in the disciplines of astronautics to recognize the accomplishments of their peers, to explore and discuss cutting-edge issues in space research and technology, and to provide direction and guidance in the non-military uses of space and the ongoing exploration of the solar system.
The academy's mission is to foster the development of astronautics for peaceful purposes, to recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves in a branch of science or technology related to astronautics, and to provide a program through which the membership can contribute to international endeavors and cooperation in the advancement of aerospace science, in cooperation with national science or engineering academies.
Founded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1960, the IAA has approximately 1,200 members from 84 countries, including leaders in space science and engineering, academia and industry. -
Public Voices Fellow
The Op-Ed Project
The OpEd Project’s Public Voices Fellowship is a national initiative first piloted at Yale, Stanford and Princeton Universities, and now rolling out in partnership with top universities and foundations across the nation.
The goal is to dramatically increase the public impact of our nation's top underrepresented thinkers, and to ensure our ideas help shape the important conversations of our age. The root problem is not a lack of knowledge or experience, but a culture in which minority…The OpEd Project’s Public Voices Fellowship is a national initiative first piloted at Yale, Stanford and Princeton Universities, and now rolling out in partnership with top universities and foundations across the nation.
The goal is to dramatically increase the public impact of our nation's top underrepresented thinkers, and to ensure our ideas help shape the important conversations of our age. The root problem is not a lack of knowledge or experience, but a culture in which minority voices (especially women) rarely have the inside information, high-level support and inside connections to become influential on a large scale. The OpEd Project has successfully led programs with scores of major organizations and universities, and has had stunning results. -
Fellow
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
For thought leadership and innovative technical contributions in the fields of space situational awareness, space traffic management, and astrodynamics.
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TED Fellow
TED
The TED Fellows program supports extraordinary, iconoclastic individuals at work on world-changing projects, providing them with access to the global TED platform and community, as well as new tools and resources to amplify their remarkable vision. The TED Fellows program now includes 472 Fellows who work across 96 countries, forming a powerful, far-reaching network of artists, scientists, doctors, activists, entrepreneurs, inventors, journalists and beyond, each dedicated to making our world…
The TED Fellows program supports extraordinary, iconoclastic individuals at work on world-changing projects, providing them with access to the global TED platform and community, as well as new tools and resources to amplify their remarkable vision. The TED Fellows program now includes 472 Fellows who work across 96 countries, forming a powerful, far-reaching network of artists, scientists, doctors, activists, entrepreneurs, inventors, journalists and beyond, each dedicated to making our world better and more equitable.
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Corresponding Member
International Academy of Astronautics
Moriba K. Jah, associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics, has been elected a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), for his recognized contributions to Astronautics.
Link: http://iaaweb.org/content/view/752/989/
The IAA is an independent, non-governmental organization that brings together the world's foremost experts in the disciplines of astronautics to recognize the accomplishments of their peers, to explore and…Moriba K. Jah, associate professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics, has been elected a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), for his recognized contributions to Astronautics.
Link: http://iaaweb.org/content/view/752/989/
The IAA is an independent, non-governmental organization that brings together the world's foremost experts in the disciplines of astronautics to recognize the accomplishments of their peers, to explore and discuss cutting-edge issues in space research and technology, and to provide direction and guidance in the non-military uses of space and the ongoing exploration of the solar system.
The academy's mission is to foster the development of astronautics for peaceful purposes, to recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves in a branch of science or technology related to astronautics, and to provide a program through which the membership can contribute to international endeavors and cooperation in the advancement of aerospace science, in cooperation with national science or engineering academies.
Founded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1960, the IAA has approximately 1,200 members from 84 countries, including leaders in space science and engineering, academia and industry. -
Fellow
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
The AFRL Fellows program selects annual recipients from among nominations put forward by colleagues and supervisors. A Fellows designation is the highest AFRL honor possible, with just 178 (~0.6 percent) of the Lab's scientists and engineers in research and development and technical program management having been chosen to receive the title. To be considered, candidates must have demonstrated ongoing, significant contributions to the state of the art in their field, and must also show a high…
The AFRL Fellows program selects annual recipients from among nominations put forward by colleagues and supervisors. A Fellows designation is the highest AFRL honor possible, with just 178 (~0.6 percent) of the Lab's scientists and engineers in research and development and technical program management having been chosen to receive the title. To be considered, candidates must have demonstrated ongoing, significant contributions to the state of the art in their field, and must also show a high probability of even greater accomplishments in the future. The applications are thoroughly reviewed and vetted by AFRL's highest senior technical leadership before being presented to AFRL's commander, who makes the final selection.
Each Fellow receives a special grant of $150,000 per year for two years -- over and above any funds normally managed by the Fellow -- to be used in further development of their research. A Fellows designation also affords each honoree a greater level of autonomy and freedom in his or her work for AFRL. -
NASA Space Act Award
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
“for the creative development of a scientific contribution which has been determined to be of significant value in the advancement of the space and aeronautical activities of NASA, and is entitled: Inertial Measurements for Aeroassisted Navigation (IMAN)”.
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NASA Group Achievement Award
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
for the flawless navigation of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to Mars
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NASA Group Achievement Award and Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurel Award
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Aviation Week & Space Technology
for the superb navigation of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft to Mars
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Senior Airman Below-The-Zone
United States Air Force
Promotion
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Corresponding Fellow
Royal Society of Edinburgh
The RSE Fellows represent the full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life. Those who are nominated, and then invited to join, have undergone rigorous assessment of their achievements, professional standing and societal contribution. Fellows, who give of their time freely, play a fundamental role in enabling the RSE to deliver its mission ‘Knowledge Made Useful’, contributing to the cultural, economic and…
The RSE Fellows represent the full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life. Those who are nominated, and then invited to join, have undergone rigorous assessment of their achievements, professional standing and societal contribution. Fellows, who give of their time freely, play a fundamental role in enabling the RSE to deliver its mission ‘Knowledge Made Useful’, contributing to the cultural, economic and social well-being of Scotland and the wider world.
Becoming a Corresponding fellow of the RSE
All candidates for fellowship must be nominated by an existing fellow, and supported by a further two. Nominations then go through a five-stage selection process, to ensure that those elected are leading lights in their respective fields. The over-riding requirement for selection is excellence, measured against three criteria: outstanding achievement, professional standing and societal contribution. Only when all three are satisfied is a candidate endorsed as a fellow by The RSE.
The RSE, and by association its fellows, delivers its mission by:
— Inspiring and supporting young talent through a wide-ranging program of research grants and awards
— engaging the public across Scotland on key contemporary issues through its outreach program and a wide-ranging program of public events
— providing impartial advice and expertise to inform policy and practice through in-depth examination of major issues and providing expert comment on topical matters
— promoting Scotland’s interests overseas through building relationships with sister academies across the world and facilitating research collaborations
The RSE was established in 1783 for “the advancement of learning and useful knowledge.” New fellows are following in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, Sir Walter Scott, and Professor Charlotte Auerbach.
Languages
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English
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Spanish
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French
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Creoles and pidgins, French-based
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Italian
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Organizations
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International Astronomical Union
Individual Member
- PresentINDIVIDUAL MEMBERS: Professional scientists whose research is directly relevant to some branch of astronomy are eligible for admission as Individual Members. Individual Members are, normally, admitted by the Executive Committee on the proposal of a National Member. Information on the qualification for membership and application procedure can be found here. Individual Members listed in the IAU directory have a valid, public email (so are considered as "voting members" in the IAU database), and…
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS: Professional scientists whose research is directly relevant to some branch of astronomy are eligible for admission as Individual Members. Individual Members are, normally, admitted by the Executive Committee on the proposal of a National Member. Information on the qualification for membership and application procedure can be found here. Individual Members listed in the IAU directory have a valid, public email (so are considered as "voting members" in the IAU database), and are affiliated to at least one Division. https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/19367/
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International Academy of Astronautics
Corresponding Member
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American Astronautical Society
Fellow
Chair Space Surveillance Technical Committee (2009 - 2017) Member Space Flight Mechanics Technical Committee (2010-2015)
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Associate Fellow
Chair Astrodynamics Technical Committee (2016-2018) Chair United Nations Committee On Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS) Working Group
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Senior Member
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International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety
Fellow
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Royal Astronomical Society
Fellow
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The Hague Space Resources Governance Working Group
Observer
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