The 58th Session of International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
September 24-28, 2007
Hyderabad, India
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THE FIRST ITALIAN OBSERVATORY FOR SPACE DEBRIS OBSERVATION
F. Graziani, F. Piergentili , C. Cappelletti, L. Murrali, F. Paolillo, C. Marchiori, M. Porfilio
Gruppo di Astrodinamica dell'Universita degli Studi "La Sapienza" - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana |
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- Design and manufacturing of first Italian observatory for space debris started in October 2006 (founded by Italian Space Agency)
- First light in June 2007
- Some instruments are already working, other ones will be soon available
The observatory is movable to test different sites:
- The site can be changed in one day
- It is transportable in a car or a minivan
CCD FLI PROLINE 16803
- KODAK KAF 16803
- 4096 x 4096 Pixel
- 9µm x 9µm
- 38.6mm x 37.76mm
- Peak QE: 60%
MOUNT
PARAMOUNT ME
- SUPPORT 45 Kg.
- TRACKING SPEED: 5 deg per second in RA and DEC
- Motors speed can be set
Will be soon available…
| NEWTON 60 cm, f/4 | MOUNT BELLINCIONI, max 100 Kg |
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| Or a 70 cm Ritchey-Chretien… |
Dome
- lightness (total 100 Kg, max 8 kg)
- easy to transport
- fast to assemble (approximately 5 hours)
- modularity
- fully autonoumus or remotely controlled
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The complete observatory
IMAGES PROCESSING SOFTWARE
Block diagram of image screening software architecture:
AUTOMATIC IMAGE PROCESSING AND OBJECT IDENTIFICATION
Raw frame taken during the one of the first Italian space debris observation campaign (18-19 September 2002), without image processing.
First light. M57
LEO/1
GEO/2
GEO Object identification
Second light
M24
M31
Hot birds
GEO/1
LEO Rocket body
GPS BIIA-16 (PRN 01)
- Evaluated Dimension = 15 m
- TLE _ INC: 56.7712° RAAN: 7.0846° SEMI MAJOR AXIS: 26558 km
- Null eccentricity evaluated orbit INC: 56.6° RAAN: 5.5° SEMI MAJOR AXIS: 23585 km
Pleiades with an “intruder”
8 октября 2007
Доклад публикуется с разрешения авторов
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