Achieving Higher-Fidelity Conjunction Analyses Using Cryptography to Improve Information Sharing

Abstract

The United States has been interested in protecting its on-orbit assets ever since the first U.S. satellite was launched in 1958. Since that time, the United States has been monitoring the location of objects in orbit to maintain custody of its satellite inventory, as well as predict and prevent collisions between known objects. The Space Surveillance Network (SSN), managed by U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and staffed by 14th Air Force, currently tracks more than 20,000 orbital objects larger than 10 cm in diameter. The data collected by the SSN are used to maintain a master catalog of known space objects, and this catalog is then used to estimate the probability of collisions involving active satellites. When a collision is predicted, the operator is notified, and evasive action can be taken.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA594486

Entities

People

  • Brett Hemenway
  • Dave Baiocchi
  • William Welser Iv

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Asymetric Encryption
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Cryptography
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Centers
  • Information Exchange
  • Local Area Networks
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Reliability
  • Space Objects
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Space Surveillance
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Cryptography
  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Space Objects