The Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS) conducted searches, measurements and analyses of the orbital debris environment for the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) and the Phillips Laboratory (PL) since May 1991 in support of the Air Force Orbital Debris Measurements Program. The objective of this program was to detect orbiting low earth objects not currently in the United States Space Command Space Surveillance Center (SSC) catalog. Once objects were detected, further objectives were to track, catalog and maintain those objects locally, to determine statistics on detected objects, and perform relevant analyses. AMOS has developed a prototype surveillance system for the detection and tracking of orbital debris. In addition to this surveillance activity, AMOS has also automated the post-processing videotape streak detection process and is automating the analysis process. Both the optical tracking of orbital debris and the automated streak detection process were thought to be virtually impossible until a few years ago. The AMOS program employed wide field of view optical telescopes using the Maui Groundbased Electro-Optical Deep Space surveillance (GFODSS) site and AMOS narrow field of view tracking telescopes, both located at the Maui Space Surveillance Site (MSSS).
Orbital Debris Detection Program Highlights from the Air Force Maui Optical Station
1994
16 pages
Report
No indication
English
Infrared & Ultraviolet Detection , Astronautics , Solid Wastes Pollution & Control , Space surveillance , Optical tracking , Orbits , Optical equipment , Optical detection , Space systems , Prototypes , Earth(Planet) , Spacecraft debris , Tracking telescopes , Reprints , Amos(Air force maui optical station)
Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS) orbital debris detection program
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
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