MachineLearning models for identification of point anomalies in satellite telemetry data
摘要
Artificial satellites are susceptible to harsh space environments, ageing effects, and thermal cycling, leading to anomalous behaviours in satellite subsystems’ health sensor data. This study proposes a unique approach for identifying four types of point anomalies (drift, stuck, out-of-limit, and spike anomalies) occurring in satellite health telemetry data by determining the most suitable machine-learning models. This novel machine-learning model-based approach reduces operator workload, minimises manual errors, and improves latency in health estimation by autonomously flagging anomalous behaviours in the satellite health data. Telemetry data from a Low Earth Orbit satellite was utilised, and synthetic anomalies were injected for evaluation. A supervised classification method was implemented, employing six different machine-learning algorithms: logistic regression, naïve Bayes, support vector machines, decision trees, k-NN, and deep learning using Keras. The F1 score was chosen as the figure of merit for selecting the best machine-learning model for each point anomaly type. This supervised learning approach has a low-computational footprint and efficiency, making it suitable for onboard satellite sensor circuitry, thereby introducing autonomy in fault detection during mission operations of large satellite constellations.