Robert (Lauchie) Scott, Dr. Brad Wallace, Michael Sale, (Defence R&D Canada – Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario), Martin Levesque (Defence R&D Canada – Valcartier, Valcartier, Quebec), Stefan Thorsteinson, (Contractor, Defence R&D Canada – Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario)
Keywords: microsatellite SSA, orbiting telescopes
Abstract:
The NEOSSat microsatellite is a dual mission space telescope which will perform asteroid detection and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) observation experiments on deep space, earth orbiting objects. NEOSSat was launched on 25 February 2013 into a 800 dawn-dusk sun synchronous orbit and is currently undergoing satellite commissioning. The microsatellite consists of a small aperture optical telescope, GPS receiver, high performance attitude control system, and stray light rejection baffle designed to reject stray light from the Sun while searching for asteroids with elongations 45 degrees along the ecliptic.
Date of Conference: September 10-13, 2013
Track: International Programs