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This paper investigates the autonomy architecture design of a Raven-class telescope as
applied to the tracking and high level characterization problem in Space Situational
Awareness (SSA). Various levels of autonomy are defined and existing systems and
capabilities are discussed. Telescope interactions with distributed sensor networks such as
the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) are reviewed, and several relationships between
autonomy and scheduling of telescopes are addressed. An autonomy architecture design for
a Raven-class telescope is presented and future extensions are proposed.
10:45 AAS A Geometric Analysis to Protect Manned Assets from Newly Launched
13-360 Objects – COLA Gap Analysis
Mark E. Hametz, a.i. solutions
A safety risk was identified for the International Space Station (ISS) by The Aerospace
Corporation, where the ISS would be unable to react to a conjunction with a newly
launched object following the end of the launch COLA process. NASA/JSC has requested
that all US launches take additional steps to protect the ISS during this “COLA gap” period.
This paper details the results of a geometric-based COLA gap analysis method developed
by the NASA Launch Services Program used for three NASA missions to determine if
launch window cutouts are required to mitigate this risk.
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