Observations of the geosynchronous Earth orbital debris environment using NASA's CCD Debris Telescope
Observations of the geosynchronous Earth orbital debris environment using NASA's CCD Debris Telescope
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使用 NASA 的 CCD 碎片望远镜观测地球同步轨道碎片环境
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2001
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M. Mulrooney
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K. Jarvis;J. Africano;P. Sydney;E. Stansbery;T. Thumm;K. Jorgensen;M. Mulrooney
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been using the Charged Coupled Device (CCD) Debris Telescope (CDT), a transportable 32-cm Schmidt telescope located near Cloudcroft, NM, to help characterize the debris environment in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) [1,2]. The CDT system is capable of detecting 17 magnitude objects in a 20 second integration which corresponds to a ~0.6-meter diameter, 0.20 albedo object at 36,000 km. Described are the results of the viewing season for 1998, ~420 hours. The proportion of Uncorrelated Targets (UCTs) to Correlated Targets (CTs) is in agreement with previous studies.