CubeSat Integration into the Space Situational Awareness Architecture

摘要

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has recently been involved in developing GEO Space Situational Awareness (SSA) architectures, which allows insights into how CubeSats can augment the current national systems. One hole that was identified in the current architecture is the need for timelier metric track observations to aid in the chain of custody. Obtaining observations of objects at GEO can be supported by CubeSats. These types of small satellites are increasingly being built and flown by government agencies like NASA and SMDC.