The invention discloses a low-
orbit target association evaluation method based on
optical observation, and belongs to the technical field of space target monitoring. In order to solve the problems of high
false alarm rate and poor robustness caused by neglecting a distance factor in a traditional fixed
angular distance correlation method, the method comprises the following steps: firstly, setting a nominal detection distance and a corresponding nominal
angular distance residual error threshold; secondly, aiming at potential associated targets of different distances, dynamically calculating an exclusive associated threshold value according to a formula that an
angular distance residual error threshold value = a nominal threshold value * (nominal distance / target distance), and reflecting a principle that an angular distance residual error caused by an
ephemeris forecast error is inversely proportional to the distance; and finally, in order to prevent the correlation threshold of the extremely close distance target from being too wide, setting a maximum angular
distance threshold for constraint. According to the method, the association confidence of different distance targets is unified through the distance self-adaptive dynamic threshold, the association
false alarm rate is remarkably reduced, the tolerance to
ephemeris forecast errors is improved, and the accuracy and robustness of
optical observation data association are effectively improved.