Rapidly Deployable Raven-class Systems SSA Support in the Field

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of Raven-class telescopes to support Space Situational Awareness (SSA) observations at remote locations. Topics include why such a deployment of telescopes might be necessary, the planning for the deployment, and a description of a recent deployment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531674

Entities

People

  • Daron Nishimoto
  • Dennis Liang
  • Paul Kervin
  • Vicki S. Hoo

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Apogees
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Deployment
  • Earth Orbits
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Infrastructure
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Mobile Phones
  • Observation
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Space Surveillance
  • Spacecraft
  • Telescopes

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects