W. Thomas Vestrand (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Heath Davis (Los Alamos National Laboratory), James Wren (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Przemek Wozniak (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Ben Norman (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Robert R. White (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jeff Bloch (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Edward Fenimore (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Barry Hogge (AFRL), Moriba Jah (AFRL), Richard Rast (AFRL)
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We discuss the development of prototypes for a global grid of advanced “thinking” sky sentinels and robotic follow-up telescopes that observe the full night sky to provide real-time monitoring of the night sky by autonomously recognizing anomalous behavior, selecting targets for detailed investigation, and making real-time, follow-up observations. The layered, fault-tolerant, network uses relatively inexpensive robotic EO sensors to provide persistent autonomous monitoring and real-time anomaly detection to enable rapid recognition and a swift response to transients as they emerge. This T3 global EO grid avoids the limitations imposed by geography and weather to provide persistent monitoring of the night sky.
Date of Conference: September 16-19, 2008
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