Gareth Chisham

Jul 22, 2024 | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | William Parker |Mervyn Freeman |Andrew Kavanagh |Gareth Chisham

1 Introduction Recent rapid growth in the population of active satellites and debris objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) has led to a clear need for satellite conjunction assessment (CA), and collision avoidance (COLA) maneuvering capability. Today, a space domain awareness ecosystem exists that allows satellite operators to track objects in orbit, predict conjunctions in advance, and make decisions regarding satellite maneuvering to mitigate the risk of a collision.