SBIR/STTR Research Award
A modified Local Space Imaging System (LSIS) for near-sun detection
Award amount
$99,832Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Aerophysics, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-02-25
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- AF103-113
Research abstract
ABSTRACT: Aerophysics has developed the Local Space Imaging System (LSIS) to provide proximity detection for spacecraft. The LSIS sensor is a small, bolt-on unit that meets many of the requirements for this solicitation: the LSIS is small, low-power, semi-autonomous, and two LSIS units could cover the entire sky. However, like all passive EO detectors, LSIS has limitations when trying to detect unresolved objects close to or in front of the solar disk. Work proposed here will further improve LSIS performance by reducing its solar exclusion angle. Three design options will be evaluated to trade cost and complexity against performance improvement. BENEFIT: An all-sky version of LSIS could protect commercial spacecraft from collisions with orbital debris.
Technology keywords
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