Adaptive scan rate space surveillance sensor for super-GEO orbits
US10167091B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/50
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus for space surveillance are disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves scanning, by at least one sensor on at least one satellite in super-geostationary earth orbit (super-GEO), a raster scan over a field of regard (FOR). In one or more embodiments, the scanning is at a variable rate, which is dependent upon a target dwell time for detecting a target of interest. In at least one embodiment, the target dwell time is a function of a characteristic brightness of the target.
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