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Remote, Optical and Radar Space Observations

Transactions of IAA RAS, issue 62, 10–14 (2022)

Keywords: space debris, asteroid-comet hazard, optoelectronic space monitoring instruments, space control system

Abstract

Optical and radar instruments for remote observation of outer space were developed in the USSR, the USA and other countries in the middle of the last century. Currently, there are two global space control systems in the world: Russian and American SPADATS, which monitor all space objects, including asteroids and comets that pose a threat to humanity. The Russian space control system monitors all space objects, relying on the readings of the missile attack early warning system, as well as data from optoelectronic space monitoring tools of the State Corporation Roscosmos and the Russian Academy of Sciences. This direction has become especially relevant in the last decade, due to the clogging of space by fragments of non-functioning spacecraft formed as a result of their destruction (space debris) and other space objects (asteroids, comets, meteorites, etc.), which affect the flight safety of artificial satellites, manned spacecraft, orbital space stations and automatic interplanetary stations. Further uncontrolled space debris, according to UN experts, by 2050 may lead to a limitation of the use or a temporary cessation of launches of space systems. International cooperation in creating a sufficient number of geographically dispersed observing facilities to provide high-precision coordinate measurements for each observed space debris object will make it possible to detect and observe even small-sized space debris particles. In accordance with the UN proposals, the installation of telescopes in developing countries, the training of observers, the organization of observations and the creation of a joint database of space objects and space debris are being considered.

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A. V. Ipatov, L. A. Vedeshin. Remote, Optical and Radar Space Observations // Transactions of IAA RAS. — 2022. — Issue 62. — P. 10–14.

@article{ipatov2022,
  abstract = {Optical and radar instruments for remote observation of outer space were developed in the USSR, the USA and other countries in the middle of the last century. Currently, there are two global space control systems in the world: Russian and American SPADATS, which monitor all space objects, including asteroids and comets that pose a threat to humanity. The Russian space control system monitors all space objects, relying on the readings of the missile attack early warning system, as well as data from optoelectronic space monitoring tools of the State Corporation Roscosmos and the Russian Academy of Sciences. This direction has become especially relevant in the last decade, due to the clogging of space by fragments of non-functioning spacecraft formed as a result of their destruction (space debris) and other space objects (asteroids, comets, meteorites, etc.), which affect the flight safety of artificial satellites, manned spacecraft, orbital space stations and automatic interplanetary stations. 
Further uncontrolled space debris, according to UN experts, by 2050 may lead to a limitation of the use or a temporary cessation of launches of space systems. International cooperation in creating a sufficient number of geographically dispersed observing facilities to provide high-precision coordinate measurements for each observed space debris object will make it possible to detect and observe even small-sized space debris particles. In accordance with the UN proposals, the installation of telescopes in developing countries, the training of observers, the organization of observations and the creation of a joint database of space objects and space debris are being considered.},
  author = {A.~V. Ipatov and L.~A. Vedeshin},
  doi = {10.32876/ApplAstron.62.10-14},
  issue = {62},
  journal = {Transactions of IAA RAS},
  keyword = {space debris, asteroid-comet hazard, optoelectronic space monitoring instruments, space control system},
  pages = {10--14},
  title = {Remote, Optical and Radar Space Observations},
  url = {http://iaaras.ru/en/library/paper/2131/},
  year = {2022}
}

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were developed in the USSR, the USA and other countries in the middle
of the last century. Currently, there are two global space control
systems in the world: Russian and American SPADATS, which monitor all
space objects, including asteroids and comets that pose a threat to
humanity. The Russian space control system monitors all space
objects, relying on the readings of the missile attack early warning
system, as well as data from optoelectronic space monitoring tools of
the State Corporation Roscosmos and the Russian Academy of Sciences.
This direction has become especially relevant in the last decade, due
to the clogging of space by fragments of non-functioning spacecraft
formed as a result of their destruction (space debris) and other
space objects (asteroids, comets, meteorites, etc.), which affect the
flight safety of artificial satellites, manned spacecraft, orbital
space stations and automatic interplanetary stations.   Further
uncontrolled space debris, according to UN experts, by 2050 may lead
to a limitation of the use or a temporary cessation of launches of
space systems. International cooperation in creating a sufficient
number of geographically dispersed observing facilities to provide
high-precision coordinate measurements for each observed space debris
object will make it possible to detect and observe even small-sized
space debris particles. In accordance with the UN proposals, the
installation of telescopes in developing countries, the training of
observers, the organization of observations and the creation of a
joint database of space objects and space debris are being
considered.
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