SPACE CELESTIAL VAULT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR CELESTIAL BODIES DETECTION Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G01C21/02 

FIELD: aviation.

SUBSTANCE: system includes one or more spacecraft, positioned in the orbit of the Earth at a constant distance from it, and land tools of control, reception of information from the spacecraft and processing the received information. Spacecrafts carry out constant surveillance of the part of outer space between the Sun and the Earth, which is due to Sun exposure is not available for observation from the Earth and near-earth orbits. This space represents a cone with its apex on Earth, with an axis directed towards the Sun, and the angle at the top equal to the Sun angle of optical sensors placed on the Earth and on near-earth orbits. Land control and navigation center (LCNC) generates and transmits control commands, outer space scanning software and times of radiovisibility with ground equipment for information reception on spacecraft. Spacecraft (spacecrafts) daily on intervals of radiovisibility time of ground equipment transmits on it the information received both in real time and saved in observations outside of radiovisibility intervals. Ground information processing center, which is part of the LCNC, carries out the processing of information received, and produces the final information about detected celestial bodies. In case of detection of potentially dangerous celestial bodies LCNC produces through block of connection with subscribers of the system in a consistent format this information to organs of government, EMERCOM and other organizations belonging to outside party of proposed space system. This space system can also be used to conduct astronomical research.

EFFECT: enhancing functional capacity.

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