DEBRIS
Collisions
Crowded shells raise the risk that one collision triggers more. Screening and removal keep it in check.
MISSION 04.2 · SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS
Know what is up there.
Keep it safe.
Orbit is getting crowded and contested. As sensors improve, the tracked catalog is heading past one hundred thousand objects, so every operator needs to know where everything is, what it is doing, and when to move.
CONCEPT PHASE · HOURS-TO-DAYS TIMELINE
FIG. / FUNCTIONAL CHAIN
- observeradar and optical, ground and space
- orbit determinationcovariance kept for every object
- screenconjunctions, collision probability, CDMs
- characterizemaneuver detection, pattern of life
- protectmaneuver, service, remove debris
- assesspost-event orbit determination, update the catalog
CATALOG
Heading past 100,000 objects
REGIMES
LEO · GEO · cislunar
RULE
Do not add debris
THE THREATA crowded sky
A crowded sky
needs a shared picture.
The risks range from debris to deliberate interference, and space weather affects them all.
BEHAVIOUR
Unsafe approaches
Close approaches and co-orbital activity need detection, characterization and attribution.
WEATHER
Drag surges
Geomagnetic storms increase drag, scatter the catalog and bring objects down early.
THE ARCHITECTUREReuse what exists.
Reuse what exists.
Add what is missing.
This mission's share of the five layers.
L0 · Ground | Reuse: Space Fence, the Space Surveillance Network, GEODSS, commercial radar and optical networks, civil traffic coordination Add: A distributed small-telescope network for GEO and cislunar space; the shared deep-space radar |
|---|---|
L1 · LEO | Reuse: Optical-crosslink transport mesh; commercial constellations as hosts Add: SSA sensors looking up and out; inspector spacecraft |
L2 · GEO | Reuse: GEO neighbourhood watch; commercial life-extension servicers Add: Maneuverable GEO patrol satellites; refueling depots; debris-removal tugs on a common bus |
L3 · Cislunar | Reuse: Little dedicated capability today Add: SSA sentinels at Earth–Moon L1/L2; relay and timing node |
THE STANDARD
Open tools. Traceable evidence.
Concept phase: these are aims, not results.
An architecture is a hypothesis until a reproducible trade study says otherwise.
Every number on these pages is a planning estimate from public sources. The program's job is to replace each one with a traceable result from open analysis tools: stated assumptions, the tool version, the inputs, and the output. The work uses public, unclassified sources only.