Aperture synthesis imaging of colored GEO objects

John Young; Christopher Haniff; David Buscher; Tanish Satoor; Matthew Le Maître; Michelle Creech-Eakman; Ifan Payne

doi:10.1117/12.2313231

9 July 2018 Aperture synthesis imaging of colored GEO objects

John Young, Christopher Haniff, David Buscher, Tanish Satoor, Matthew Le Maître, Michelle Creech-Eakman, Ifan Payne

Proceedings Volume 10701, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI; 107012F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313231
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

Interferometry provides the only practicable way to image satellites in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) with sub-meter resolution. The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) is being funded by the US Air Force Research Laboratory to deploy the central three unit telescopes in order to demonstrate the sensitivity and baseline-bootstrapping capability needed to observe GEO targets. In parallel, we are investigating the resolution and imaging fidelity that is achievable with larger numbers of telescopes. We present imaging simulations with 7- and 10- telescope deployments of the MROI, and characterize the impact of realistic spectral variations compared with a “gray” satellite.

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John Young, Christopher Haniff, David Buscher, Tanish Satoor, Matthew Le Maître, Michelle Creech-Eakman, and Ifan Payne "Aperture synthesis imaging of colored GEO objects", Proc. SPIE 10701, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI, 107012F (9 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313231

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