Patent ID: 8083142

Claim:
A method of identifying the kinematic state of a single ballistic projectile comprising: obtaining a first kinematic state measurement of a first projectile detection event from a first sensor, wherein the first kinematic state measurement includes a first time measurement and a first state vector; obtaining a second kinematic state measurement of a second projectile detection event from a second sensor, wherein the second kinematic state measurement includes a second time measurement and a second state vector; determining if at least a portion of the first kinematic state measurement and at least a portion of the second kinematic state measurement define at least a portion of a flight trajectory orbital ellipse based upon, at least in part, a trajectory resulting from a solution of Lambert's Two-Point Orbital Boundary Value Problem; and if at least a portion of a flight trajectory orbital ellipse is defined, defining the first projectile detection event and the second projectile detection event as portions of a flight trajectory of a single ballistic projectile.