GEODSS Present Configuration and Potential

Abstract

Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) is a dedicated Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) optical telescope system that supports United States Strategic Command's (USSTRATCOM) mission Space Surveillance awareness (SSA). The GEODSS generated data is used by the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) and National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) situated on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base outside of Dayton Ohio, The system consists of three geographically dispersed sites; Detachment 1, Socorro, New Mexico on White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), Detachment 2 Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and Detachment 3 on the island of Maui, Hawaii. GEODSS has been operational since October of 1983 and has received two end of life extensions, the result of proven capability and timely upgrades. As GEODSS enters its fourth decade of service life, a look at its current configuration and potential to meet the ever growing needs of the SSA community are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2014
Accession Number
ADA625933

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Bruck
  • Robert H. Copley

Organizations

  • Air Force Space Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Command And Control
  • Deep Space
  • Detection
  • Diego Garcia
  • Focal Planes
  • Ground Based
  • Observatories
  • Optical Detectors
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Situational Awareness
  • Space Objects
  • Space Situational Awareness
  • Space Surveillance
  • Surveillance
  • Telescopes
  • United States

Readers

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Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects