Lighthouse: A spacebased mission concept for the surveillance of geosynchronous space debris from low earth orbit

Lupo, Roberto; Albanese, C.; Bettinelli, Daniele; Brancati, M; Minei, Giovanni; Pernechele, Claudio

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.005

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“…To offset these defects, another method is to use a sensor with wide FOV. As proposed by Du et al [58], a 4 163 km-altitude circular EO satel-lite with a sensor payload (FOV: 20°×20°) can scan the whole GEO belt within two revolutions, and the visibility period of observed objects can be improved as well.…”

Section: Neo-based Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Review on strategies of space-based optical space situational awareness

Yan'gang

et al. 2021

J. of Syst. Eng. Electron.

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Space-based optical (SBO) space surveillance has attracted widespread interest in the last two decades due to its considerable value in space situation awareness (SSA). SBO observation strategy, which is related to the performance of space surveillance, is the top-level design in SSA missions reviewed. The recognized real programs about SBO SAA proposed by the institutions in the U.S., Canada, Europe, etc., are summarized firstly, from which an insight of the development trend of SBO SAA can be obtained. According to the aim of the SBO SSA, the missions can be divided into general surveillance and space object tracking. Thus, there are two major categories for SBO SSA strategies. Existing general surveillance strategies for observing low earth orbit (LEO) objects and beyond-LEO objects are summarized and compared in terms of coverage rate, revisit time, visibility period, and image processing. Then, the SBO space object tracking strategies, which has experienced from tracking an object with a single satellite to tracking an object with multiple satellites cooperatively, are also summarized. Finally, this paper looks into the development trend in the future and points out several problems that challenges the SBO SSA.

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Section: Neo-based Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Review on strategies of space-based optical space situational awareness

Yan'gang

et al. 2021

J. of Syst. Eng. Electron.

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“…There are some other proposals to increase the SSA, such as [92], [93], but perhaps they are still on paper only. One in situ measurement project with practical advancement is the IDEA of Kyushu University, which uses a small satellite constellation for in situ measurements [95], [96]. However, unfortunately, the first IDEA satellite was lost in a launch, and thus, we must wait until the next IDEA satellite launch.…”

Section: Space Situational Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recently, about the surveillance of debris in GEO, a new idea to observe debris in GEO arc by the use of a small satellite in a low polar orbit, equipped with a Schmidt telescope, is presented in [96]. This concept gives us some other ideas as well, for example, we could see an opposite approach in the future, which means the use of satellites in MEO for surveillance of debris in LEO.…”

Section: Space Situational Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Orbital Debris Threat for Space Sustainability and Way Forward (Review Article)

Murtaza

Pirzada

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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Over the past 60 years, satellite technology has demonstrated its usefulness successfully. However, this usefulness is at stake from a future point of view, due to the well-admitted orbital/space debris threat. This article thoroughly reviews all aspects of space debris issue including causes, amount and sizes of orbital debris, potential threats, counter-strategies with their latest status and related legal issues to highlight the criticality and urgency of the problem. This review elaborates the fact that despite all the worries and threats, the efforts to confront this challenge are considerably insufficient until today. This bitter reality demands for at-least curtailing the number of future launches to ensure the long-term sustainability of space, until the improvement in debris situation. However, contradictory to this necessity, large satellite constellations have been proposed that can drastically increase the existing orbital population in coming years. This approach will certainly not help in improving the space environment in the future; instead, it can worsen the space environment situation as recent studies shows. Also, space resources (i.e. orbital slots and frequencies) are limited to accommodate many more satellite projects from commercial and government organization in the future. So, there is a serious question of how the space industry can move forward to maintain a balance in controlling the future number of the satellite while accommodating many commercial or government space entities. This article also identifies two optimized approaches as a way forward for future satellite projects that can also enhance the effectiveness of space technology in the future.

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“…With the increasing number of objects such as artificial satellites, rocket bodies and their debris orbit the Earth, space target monitoring has become an important task in the aerospace field. The risk of spacecraft damage caused by space debris impacts is the third largest risk, second only to risks related to launch and deployment phases (Lupo et al, 2018). At present, space targets are mainly achieved through ground-based observation, including target catalogue, pointing determination, and orbit determination.…”

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Accurate Pointing Determination of Space Targets under the Stars Background

Guan,

Hou,

Zhong

et al. 2024

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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Abstract. This study proposes a method for determining the direction of space targets using existing satellite constellations. Usually, when optical satellites point towards deep space for imaging, stars inevitably appear in the image. This study conducts all targets extraction, star identification, camera calibration. Ultimately obtaining high-precision space targets longitude and latitude information. One of the Jilin-1 GF06A series satellite was used to conduct observation experiments on space targets of this study. Each scene has an exposure time of 10 seconds, and a total of 90 seconds of observation data was obtained. This study analysed the results of star extraction and the identification result which indicate that GF06A can capture a maximum magnitude of 15.6. After using the extraction star coordinate information for calibration, the interior accuracy of camera was better than 0.48 arcseconds. Then, the precise longitude and latitude information of 5 space targets were obtained. Finally, cataloguing information of these stars is provided, which is beneficial for determining the orbit of the target in the future.

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Lighthouse: A spacebased mission concept for the surveillance of geosynchronous space debris from low earth orbit

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

Review on strategies of space-based optical space situational awareness

Review on strategies of space-based optical space situational awareness

Orbital Debris Threat for Space Sustainability and Way Forward (Review Article)

Accurate Pointing Determination of Space Targets under the Stars Background

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