Massive photometry of low-altitude artificial satellites on Mini-Mega-TORTORA
Abstract
The nine-channel Mini-Mega-TORTORA (MMT-9) optical wide-field monitoring system with high temporal resolution system is in operation since June 2014. The system has 0.1 s temporal resolution and effective detection limit around 10 mag (calibrated to V filter) for fast-moving objects on this timescale. In addition to its primary scientific operation, the system detects 200-500 tracks of satellites every night, both on low-altitude and high ellipticity orbits. Using these data we created and support the public database of photometric characteristics for these satellites, available online.
- Publication:
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Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016RMxAC..48..112K
- Keywords:
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- astronomical databases: miscellaneous