METHOD OF COELOSPHERE COVERAGE FROM SPACE CRAFT FOR SURVEILLANCE OF CELESTIAL BODIES AND COELOSPHERE COVERAGE SPACE SYSTEM FOR SURVEILLANCE OF CELESTIAL BODIES AND DETECTION OF SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES TO THIS END Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01C21/02 

FIELD: aircraft engineering.

SUBSTANCE: proposed method of coelosphere coverage from space craft for surveillance of celestial bodies and coelosphere coverage space system for surveillance of celestial bodies and detection of Solar system bodies to this end. Survey consists in scanning of coelosphere by surveillance hardware in complete great circles or in sections composed by parts of said great circles at craft body spinning at preset velocity. Angular velocities of scanning are constant but differ for different coelosphere sections to allow registration of all celestial bodies with luster to preset magnitude and detection of potentially dangerous celestial bodies (asteroids and comets) over 100 m in size revealed at about 150,000,000 km and more at the time of their approach to the Earth of one month and more. Space system comprises space craft with one or several telescopes and continuous radio communication of surface stations located in geostationary or near geosynchronous orbit and equipped with scanning means and onboard data processing means. Besides, it includes surface control means and data reception and processing means.

EFFECT: extendable space system configuration.

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