Optical Payload for the STARE Mission
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Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1065651073 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Space-based Telescopes for Actionable Refinement of Ephemeris (STARE) is a nano-sat based mission designed to better determine the trajectory of satellites and space debris in orbit around earth. In this paper, we give a brief overview of the mission and its place in the larger context of Space Situational Awareness (SSA). We then describe the details of the central optical payload, touching on the optical design and characterization of the on-board image sensor used in our Cubesat based prototype. Finally, we discuss the on-board star and satellite track detection algorithm central to the success of the mission.