Space Domain Awareness

Abstract

While Space Domain Awareness (SDA), including all of space surveillance and characterization of all space objects and environments, is critical for national and economic security, SDA capabilities cannot be developed independent of cost. This presentation will describe a new approach to SDA being developed by the Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) and other agencies. This approach endeavors to integrate the data from a wide range of current and future SDA capabilities for a fraction of the current costs by utilizing a new methodology for obtaining data. This approach will not just provide more SDA data for a reduced cost, but has the potential to also increase the amount of knowledge gained from the data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA574827

Entities

People

  • J. Krassner
  • M. Georgen
  • M. Sanchez
  • S. Sundbeck
  • Travis Blake

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Deep Space
  • Detection
  • Economic Security
  • Environment
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • Observation
  • Observatories
  • Remote Sensing
  • Resident Space Objects
  • Security
  • Space Debris
  • Space Objects
  • Space Surveillance
  • Surveillance

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects