Michael Werth, The Boeing Company; David Gerwe; Steven Griffin, The Boeing Company; Brandoch Calef, The Boeing Company; Paul Idell, The Boeing Company
Keywords: Interferometry, GEO Imaging, Optical Systems
Abstract:
Ground-based imaging of GEO satellites is a major area of technical interest in the field of Space Situational Awareness. To date, proposed GEO imaging systems have estimated costs of a hundred million dollars or more and often require some form of active illumination, a large number of large apertures, or a space-based asset. We propose a novel imaging array configuration of small telescopes with a number of key technical innovations for a relatively low-cost amplitude interferometry approach to the passive GEO imaging problem.
Date of Conference: September 11-14, 2018
Track: Poster