Rapid Cadence Collections with the Space Surveillance Telescope

Abstract

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has constructed the 3.5-meter Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) on North Oscura Peak in the White Sands Missile Range. The primary goal of the SST program is the monitoring of the Earth?s geosynchronous belt for microsatellites and debris. At the end of DARPA?s demonstration period, the SST will undergo an Air Force Space Command utilization study. The DARPA press release announcing the existence of SST included the words ?SST may also provide the science community a unique asset for astronomical surveys?. This paper presents the preliminary results from rapid cadence science collections (1-sec integrations every 2.5-sec) of a 9.5 square degree area centered near the open cluster M67.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA569485

Entities

People

  • C. Claver
  • D. Monet
  • Denton Woods
  • E. Pearce
  • R. Lupton
  • Ramille N. Shah
  • T. Axelrod
  • Thomas A. Blake

Organizations

  • United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Astronomical Phenomena
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Image Processing
  • Information Operations
  • Observatories
  • R-Banding
  • Space Surveillance
  • Standards
  • Stars
  • Surveillance
  • Telescopes
  • Variable Stars

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects