Mark Skinner (Boeing), Tamara E. Payne (The Boeing Company), Ray W. Russell (The Aerospace Corporation), David Gutierrez (The Aerospace Corporation), Kirk Crawford (The Aerospace Corporation), Daryl Kim (The Aerospace Corporation), David K. Lynch (The Aerospace Corporation), Dee W.
Pack (The Aerospace Corporation), Richard J. Rudy (The Aerospace Corporation), David M. Harrington (The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy)
Keywords: NROC, Non-resolved Object Characterization
Abstract:
We have observed several geosynchronous satellites at the Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS) 3.6 meter telescope, utilizing The Aerospace Corporation’s Broadband Array Spectrograph System (BASS) 3-13 micron sensor, as well as the site’s Hi-VIS 1-2.5 micron spectrograph. The various satellites show different trends with phase angle, which may allow satellite identification based on observables. Data were collected on several nights, on multiple satellites, and at various phase angles for each satellite. We describe our methods, our data, our analysis, and our results.
Date of Conference: September 12-15, 2007
Track: Non-resolved Object Characterization