Australian Space Situational Awareness Capability Demonstrations

Brittany Morreale, United States Air Force, Travis Bessell, National Security and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division – Defence Science and Technology Group, Mark Rutten, National Security and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division – Defence Science and Technology Group, Brian Cheung, National Security and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division – Defence Science and Technology Group

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Australia is increasing its contribution to the global space situational awareness (SSA) problem by committing to acquire and operate SSA sensors. Over the last year, a series of collaborative SSA experiments have been undertaken to demonstrate the capabilities of Australian sensors. These experiments aimed to demonstrate how existing Australian sensors could perform in a surveillance of space role, prove passive radar’s capability to observe low earth orbit (LEO) satellites and perform SSA handoffs to optical sensors. The trials established a data sharing and communications protocol that bridged defence, academia, and industry partners.

Date of Conference: September 19-22, 2017

Track: Poster

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