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Space Surveillance and Tracking - SST
 
 
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Animation: Space Debris larger than 1cm - est. 600 000 parts.

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ZimSMART supports ESA's SSA activities
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The Zimmerwald SMall Aperture Robotic Telescope ZimSMART is used to conduct surveys in the GEO and MEO orbital regions with the aim of building up and maintaining an orbital catalogue of objects in these regions.

Both the Zimmerwald Laser and Astrometry Telescope (ZIMLAT) and the Zimmerwald SMall Aperture Robotic Telescope (ZimSMART) are operated on a routine basis for more than 180 nights (and days) per year. They are located at the Zimmerwald observatory near Bern, Switzerland and owned by the Astronomical Institute of the University of Bern (AIUB).

Credits: University of Bern/Zimmerwald Astronomical Institute

 
 
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TIRA will work as part of ESA's SSA Programme
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The Tracking & Imaging Radar (TIRA) system at the Fraunhofer Institut, Wachtberg, Germany, is one example of exitsing assets that can be federated into SSA services.

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Control room at ESA's Optical Ground Station
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Control room at ESA's Optical Ground Station (OGS), Tenerife, Spain

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  Last update: 2 June 2011 
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Why monitor objects in orbit?Europe flies unprotectedOrbital debris mean danger on the groundSpace Surveillance and Tracking - background paper May 2010 (PDF)
 
 
 
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