Maciej Konacki, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences; Adrian Malacz, Polish Space Agency; Arkadiusz Chimicz, Polish Space Agency; Pawe? Lejba, Space Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory; Piotr Sybilski, Sybilla Technologies; Rafa? Paw?aszek, Sybilla Technologies; Stanis?aw Koz?owski, Cillium Engineering; Tomasz Suchodolski, Space Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory; Krzysztof Koz?owski, Institute of Automation and Robotics; Agnieszka Sybilska, Baltic Institute of Technology; Beata Rogowska, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences; Dariusz Pazderski, Institute of Automation and Robotics; Micha? ?o?nowski, 6Roads Ltd; Andy Shearer, National University of Ireland Galway; Agnieszka S?owikowska, Centre for Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus; Maciej Pilichowski, Sybilla Technologies; Marek Malawski, Polish Space Agency; Marcin G?dek, 6Roads Ltd
Keywords: Space Situational Awareness, Polish Space Situational Awareness Centre, Polish Space Agency, European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking Consortium
Abstract:
In January 2019 Poland has become a member of the European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) consortium. Under the management of the Polish Space Agency, a national Space Situational Awareness Centre (SSAC-PL) is being established. SSAC-PL will be responsible for operational obligations of Poland due to its EU SST membership and will fulfil national goals. Current network of Polish SSA assets consists of nearly 20 globally distributed optical sensors and the Borowiec Laser Ranging Station of the Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Several more sensors are in the development and should become operational in the time frame 2019-2020. Sensor and processing capabilities are provided to SSAC-PL by several academic and industrial entities. We will review the current state of SSAC-PL, its capabilities and progress that has been made in the sensor and processing domain over the last two years.
Date of Conference: September 17-20, 2019
Track: Space Situational Awareness