Space Surveillance Telescope
The Space Surveillance Telescope is a reflector telescope with an aperture of 3.5 m and a field of view of 3.5 °. The telescope was developed by DARPA for the observation of satellites , space debris and other near-Earth objects and went into operation in early 2011. First Light was on February 15, 2011. The telescope was on the White Sands Missile Range in the US state of New Mexico ; the development cost 110 million US dollars. The telescope will be moved to Western Australia by 2016 and commissioned at the Harold E. Holt naval station as part of the Space Surveillance Network .
The telescope is constructed with three mirrors, the arrangement of which is known as Paul-Baker, Paul-Willstrop or Mersenne-Schmidt; the mirrors are followed by a multi-lens corrector . The structure of the telescope is similar to the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope , but has CCD image sensors that are shaped to curve the image .
Space Surveillance Telescope building
Inside view of the telescope: corrector lenses and CCD sensors
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ DARPA: SPACE SURVEILLANCE TELESCOPE TO PROVIDE ENHANCED VIEW OF DEEP SPACE ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 12, 2011
- ↑ Lincoln Laboratory helps celebrate the official unveiling of the Space Surveillance Telescope mit.edu
- ↑ Gwyneth Dickey Zakaib Telescope will track space junk , April 22, 2011
- ↑ DARPA ready to deliver telescope to watch the skies for space debris gizmag.com
- ↑ DARPA's Advanced Space Surveillance Telescope Could Be Looking Up From Down Under ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. darpa.mil
- ↑ SST-Fact Sheet ( Memento of the original dated December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. darpa.mil, accessed December 14, 2013
- ↑ Mark R. Ackermann, John T. McGraw: Large-Aperture, Three-Mirror Telescopes for Near-Earth Space Surveillance: A Look from the Outside In (PDF; 3.8 MB)
