Optical, Laser and Processing Capabilities of the New Polish Space Situational Awareness Centre
Abstract
In January 2019 Poland has become a member of the European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) consortium. Under the management of the Polish Space Agency, a national Space Situational Awareness Centre (SSAC-PL) is being established. SSAC-PL will be responsible for operational obligations of Poland due to its EU SST membership and will fulfil national goals. Current network of Polish SSA assets consists of nearly 20 globally distributed optical sensors and the Borowiec Laser Ranging Station of the Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Several more sensors are in the development and should become operational in the time frame 2019-2020. Sensor and processing capabilities are provided to SSAC-PL by several academic and industrial entities. We will review the current state of SSAC-PL, its capabilities and progress that has been made in the sensor and processing domain over the last two years.
- Publication:
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Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019amos.confE..40K
- Keywords:
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- Space Situational Awareness;
- Polish Space Situational Awareness Centre;
- Polish Space Agency;
- European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking Consortium