LCDC: Bridging Science and Machine Learning for Light Curve Analysis
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| author | Kyselica, Daniel Hrobár, Tomáš Šilha, Jiří Ďurikovič, Roman Šuppa, Marek |
| author_facet | Kyselica, Daniel Hrobár, Tomáš Šilha, Jiří Ďurikovič, Roman Šuppa, Marek |
| contents | The characterization and analysis of light curves are vital for understanding the physical and rotational properties of artificial space objects such as satellites, rocket stages, and space debris. This paper introduces the Light Curve Dataset Creator (LCDC), a Python-based toolkit designed to facilitate the preprocessing, analysis, and machine learning applications of light curve data. LCDC enables seamless integration with publicly available datasets, such as the newly introduced Mini Mega Tortora (MMT) database. Moreover, it offers data filtering, transformation, as well as feature extraction tooling. To demonstrate the toolkit's capabilities, we created the first standardized dataset for rocket body classification, RoBo6, which was used to train and evaluate several benchmark machine learning models, addressing the lack of reproducibility and comparability in recent studies. Furthermore, the toolkit enables advanced scientific analyses, such as surface characterization of the Atlas 2AS Centaur and the rotational dynamics of the Delta 4 rocket body, by streamlining data preprocessing, feature extraction, and visualization. These use cases highlight LCDC's potential to advance space debris characterization and promote sustainable space exploration. Additionally, they highlight the toolkit's ability to enable AI-focused research within the space debris community. |
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| spellingShingle | LCDC: Bridging Science and Machine Learning for Light Curve Analysis Kyselica, Daniel Hrobár, Tomáš Šilha, Jiří Ďurikovič, Roman Šuppa, Marek Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Machine Learning The characterization and analysis of light curves are vital for understanding the physical and rotational properties of artificial space objects such as satellites, rocket stages, and space debris. This paper introduces the Light Curve Dataset Creator (LCDC), a Python-based toolkit designed to facilitate the preprocessing, analysis, and machine learning applications of light curve data. LCDC enables seamless integration with publicly available datasets, such as the newly introduced Mini Mega Tortora (MMT) database. Moreover, it offers data filtering, transformation, as well as feature extraction tooling. To demonstrate the toolkit's capabilities, we created the first standardized dataset for rocket body classification, RoBo6, which was used to train and evaluate several benchmark machine learning models, addressing the lack of reproducibility and comparability in recent studies. Furthermore, the toolkit enables advanced scientific analyses, such as surface characterization of the Atlas 2AS Centaur and the rotational dynamics of the Delta 4 rocket body, by streamlining data preprocessing, feature extraction, and visualization. These use cases highlight LCDC's potential to advance space debris characterization and promote sustainable space exploration. Additionally, they highlight the toolkit's ability to enable AI-focused research within the space debris community. |
| title | LCDC: Bridging Science and Machine Learning for Light Curve Analysis |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.10550 |