Pan-STARRS, Panoramic Survey Telescope And Rapid Response System, is an astronomical telescope developed through a cooperative agreement between University of Hawaii/Institute for Astronomy and the Air Force Research Laboratory which utilizes MIT/LL-developed orthogonal transfer arrays. While its primary mission is investigating astronomical transient phenomena, 5% of the telescope time is allocated for AFRL Geo Research. The combination of its high sensitivity (21st Magnitude), wide field of view (7 square degrees), ...
A comprehensive high-fidelity simulation environment of networked optical space surveillance sensors has been created under an effort called TASMAN (Tasking Autonomous Sensors in a Multiple Application Network). One of the first studies utilizing this environment was focused on a novel resource management approach, namely covariance-based tasking. Under this scheme the state error covariance of resident space objects (RSO), sensor characteristics, and sensor-target geometry were used to determine the effectiveness of ...
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