Applications
- 14.2.1 Debris Catalogue Generation — Building and maintaining a sovereign catalogue of orbital debris objects by fusing data from dedicated space-based radar and optical sensors with ground-based tracking networks.
- 14.2.2 Active Debris Removal Targeting — Precision characterisation of individual derelict objects to generate the targeting data packages that active debris removal missions need to safely approach, grapple and deorbit them.
- 14.2.3 Fragmentation Event Forensics — Characterising the cause, geometry and debris population of an on-orbit fragmentation event within hours, using distributed space-based sensors and ground-based correlation.
- 14.2.4 LEO Debris Density Forecasting — Projecting the spatial and temporal evolution of debris density across LEO shells to give operators actionable collision-risk windows days to weeks ahead.
- 14.2.5 Sub-10cm Debris Sensing — Detecting and characterising orbital debris smaller than 10 cm — the population invisible to ground radar but lethal to operational spacecraft — using in-situ impact sensors and bistatic radar aboard a dedicated satellite constellation.