Systems, methods, and apparatus for space surveillance are disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves scanning, by at least one sensor on at least one satellite in super-geostationary earth orbit (super-GEO), a raster scan over a field of regard (FOR). In one or more embodiments, the scanning is at a variable rate, which is dependent upon a target dwell time for detecting a target of interest. In at least one embodiment, the target dwell time is a function of a characteristic brightness of the target. (Fig. 13)
ADAPTIVE SCAN RATE SPACE SURVEILLANCE SENSOR FOR SUPER-GEO ORBITS
RAUMÜBERWACHUNGSSENSOR MIT ADAPTIVER ABTASTRATE FÜR SUPER-GEO-UMLAUFBAHNEN
ESPACE DE FRÉQUENCE DE BALAYAGE ADAPTATIF POUR CAPTEUR DE SURVEILLANCE ORBITES SUPER-GEO
2019-01-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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