David SmithDuke University The increasing population of spacefaring vehicles and satellites motivates increasingly powerful technologies for space situational awareness (SSA). While the US space surveillance network (SSN) is able to monitor objects down to about four inches in size using, for example, the latest upgrade to the space fence, the associated requirements limit implementation to ground-based […]
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program, NIAC Studies, Research and Technology Mission Directorate
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July 21, 2026
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