Space-based telescopes for actionable refinement of ephemeris pathfinder mission

Simms, Lance M.; Vries, Willem De; Riot, Vincent; Olivier, Scot S.; Pertica, Alex; Bauman, Brian J.; Phillion, Don; Nikolaev, Sergei

doi:doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.1.011004

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Space-based telescopes for actionable refinement of ephemeris pathfinder mission

Opt. Eng. 51, 011004 (Jan 19, 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.1.011004

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Lance M. Simms, Willem De Vries, Vincent Riot, Scot S. Olivier, Alex Pertica, Brian J. Bauman, Don Phillion, and Sergei Nikolaev

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences, 7000 East Avenue, MS L210, Livermore, California 94550

The Space-based Telescopes for Actionable Refinement of Ephemeris (STARE) program will collect the information needed to help satellite operators avoid collisions in space by using a network of nanosatellites to determine more accurate trajectories for selected space objects orbiting the Earth. In the first phase of the STARE program, two pathfinder cube-satellites (CubeSats) equipped with an optical imaging payload are being developed and deployed to demonstrate the main elements of the STARE concept. We first give an overview of the STARE program. The details of the optical imaging payload for the STARE pathfinder CubeSats are then described, followed by a description of the track detection algorithm that will be used on the images it acquires. Finally, simulation results that highlight the effectiveness of the mission are presented.

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Received Jul 20, 2011
Revised Oct 02, 2011
Published online Jan 19, 2012

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.1.011004

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Lance M. Simms, Willem De Vries, Vincent Riot, Scot S. Olivier, Alex Pertica, Brian J. Bauman, Don Phillion and Sergei Nikolaev, "Space-based telescopes for actionable refinement of ephemeris pathfinder mission", Opt. Eng. 51, 011004 (Jan 19, 2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.1.011004