University of Arizona: New 'Spectral Fingerprint' Atlas of Satellites Aims to Improve Space Security
November 13, 2024
November 13, 2024
TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
University of Arizona researchers have created the first astronomical equivalent of a fingerprint database for satellites, a critical first step toward easily identifying human-made objects in the increasingly crowded geostationary orbit.
This database, or spectral atlas, includes 96 satellites in the geostationary orbit, or GEO - home to satellites used for communications, . . .
University of Arizona researchers have created the first astronomical equivalent of a fingerprint database for satellites, a critical first step toward easily identifying human-made objects in the increasingly crowded geostationary orbit.
This database, or spectral atlas, includes 96 satellites in the geostationary orbit, or GEO - home to satellites used for communications, . . .