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Evolution of SSA Capabilities to Support SDA and STM (2026)
Brian Weeden, The Aerospace Corporation; Srinivas Setty, Bespin Technologies GmbH; Paul Cefola, University at Buffalo (SUNY); Juan Felix San Juan Díaz, Universidad de La Rioja

Keywords: space situational awareness, space domain awareness, space traffic management

Pan-STARRS – The PS1 & PS2 Wide Area NEO Survey and Recent Results (2018)
Ken Chambers, University of Hawaii

Keywords: Pan-STARRS, surveys, photometry, astronometry, time domain, standards

S&T Challenges of SSA Sensor Proliferation (2018)
Eric Felt, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory; Timothy Sejba, Advanced Systems and Development Directorate, Space & Missile Systems Center

Keywords: SSA architecture, big data, data fusion, proliferation

Space Warfighting Construct: Prototyping (2017)
Col. Russell F. Teehan, Air Force Research Laboratory, Col. John S. Anttonen, AF Space & Missile Systems Center, Joy M. Stein, Air Force Research Laboratory, Jaime A. Stearns, Air Force Research Laboratory

Keywords: Prototyping, Space Situational Awareness

Asteroid Detection with the Space Surveillance Telescope (2013)
Ronak Shah, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Deborah F. Woods, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Walter Faccenda, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Julie Johnson, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Richard Lambour, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), Eric C. Pearce, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory), J. Scott Stuart, (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

Keywords: Asteroid, Near-Earth asteroid, identification and tracking, Space Surveillance Telescope, SST, wide field-of-view , space situational awareness

Image Analysis of the 2012 Pluto (Near) Occultation (2013)
Keith Knox, (Air Force Research Laboratories)

Keywords: Occultation, Pluto

Utilization of a Curved Focal Surface Array in a 3.5m Wide Field of View Telescope (2013)
Lt. Col. Travis Blake, (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Tactical Technology Office), E. Pearce, J. A. Gregory, A. Smith, R. Lambour, R. Shah, D. Woods, W. Faccenda, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory), S. Sundbeck, (Schafer Corporation TMD), M. Bolden, (CENTRA Technology, Inc.)

Keywords: Curved Focal Surface Array