The Navy Precision Optical Interferometer for SSA Applications: An Update

Abstract

The Navy Precision Optical Interferometer (NPOI) has been at the forefront of developing Interferometric tools for both Space Situational Awareness and astrophysical imaging. In 2009 we were the first group to attain fringes on a GEO satellite. Since then we have developed more sophisticated modelling tools and at the same time we have started to commission more and more stations. NPOI is now a 12 telescopes array with two more stations coming on line by the end of the year. We are commissioning both shorter and longer baselines, and new beam recombination systems. In this paper we present an update of these efforts and our future prospects for the NPOI.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA619588

Entities

People

  • E. Baines
  • H. Schmitt
  • J. C. Clark
  • J. R. Andrews
  • John Thomas Armstrong
  • Sergio R. Restaino

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Interferometers
  • Interferometry
  • Military Research
  • Observatories
  • Optical Interferometers
  • Precision
  • Remote Sensing
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Space Surveillance
  • Telescopes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects