S. M. Lederer, NASA Johnson Space Center – Orbital Debris Program Office, P. Hickson, University of British Columbia/Euclid Research, H. M. Cowardin, University of Texas El Paso, Jacobs JETS, B. Buckalew, JETS/Jacobs, J. Frith, University of Texas El Paso, Jacobs JETS, R. Alliss, Northrop Grumman Corp
Keywords: Orbital Debris, Optical Telescopes, Autonomous
Abstract:
In June 2015, the construction of the Meter Class Autonomous Telescope was completed and MCAT saw the light of the stars for the first time. In 2017, MCAT was newly dedicated as the Eugene Stansbery-MCAT telescope by NASA’s Orbital Debris Program Office (ODPO), in honour of his inspiration and dedication to this newest optical member of the NASA ODPO. Since that time, MCAT has viewed the skies with one engineering camera and two scientific cameras, and the ODPO optical team has begun the process of vetting the entire system.
Date of Conference: September 19-22, 2017
Track: Poster