Monitoring objects orbiting earth using satellite-based telescopes
Abstract
An ephemeris refinement system includes satellites with imaging devices in earth orbit to make observations of space-based objects ("target objects") and a ground-based controller that controls the scheduling of the satellites to make the observations of the target objects and refines orbital models of the target objects. The ground-based controller determines when the target objects of interest will be near enough to a satellite for that satellite to collect an image of the target object based on an initial orbital model for the target objects. The ground-based controller directs the schedules to be uploaded to the satellites, and the satellites make observations as scheduled and download the observations to the ground-based controller. The ground-based controller then refines the initial orbital models of the target objects based on the locations of the target objects that are derived from the observations.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1187956
- Patent Number(s):
- 9067693
- Application Number:
- 13/559,440
- Assignee:
- Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B64 - AIRCRAFT B64G - COSMONAUTICS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Jul 26
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
Citation Formats
Olivier, Scot S., Pertica, Alexander J., Riot, Vincent J., De Vries, Willem H., Bauman, Brian J., Nikolaev, Sergei, Henderson, John R., and Phillion, Donald W. Monitoring objects orbiting earth using satellite-based telescopes. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web.
Olivier, Scot S., Pertica, Alexander J., Riot, Vincent J., De Vries, Willem H., Bauman, Brian J., Nikolaev, Sergei, Henderson, John R., & Phillion, Donald W. Monitoring objects orbiting earth using satellite-based telescopes. United States.
Olivier, Scot S., Pertica, Alexander J., Riot, Vincent J., De Vries, Willem H., Bauman, Brian J., Nikolaev, Sergei, Henderson, John R., and Phillion, Donald W. Tue .
"Monitoring objects orbiting earth using satellite-based telescopes". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1187956.
@article{osti_1187956,
title = {Monitoring objects orbiting earth using satellite-based telescopes},
author = {Olivier, Scot S. and Pertica, Alexander J. and Riot, Vincent J. and De Vries, Willem H. and Bauman, Brian J. and Nikolaev, Sergei and Henderson, John R. and Phillion, Donald W.},
abstractNote = {An ephemeris refinement system includes satellites with imaging devices in earth orbit to make observations of space-based objects ("target objects") and a ground-based controller that controls the scheduling of the satellites to make the observations of the target objects and refines orbital models of the target objects. The ground-based controller determines when the target objects of interest will be near enough to a satellite for that satellite to collect an image of the target object based on an initial orbital model for the target objects. The ground-based controller directs the schedules to be uploaded to the satellites, and the satellites make observations as scheduled and download the observations to the ground-based controller. The ground-based controller then refines the initial orbital models of the target objects based on the locations of the target objects that are derived from the observations.},
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year = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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