SBIR/STTR Research Award
Data Mining for high-resolution in-orbit debris detection and surveillance
Award amount
$249,640Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-08-23
- Contract end date
- 2023-01-22
- UEI
- C3DAVH4VJDG3
- Solicitation number
- X21.S
- Topic code
- AF21S-TCSO1
Research abstract
Currently, except few ground-based telescopes and radars, 99% of the ground-based space debris detection systems do not have capability to detect micro-debris under 10 cm. Those debris orbits around the earth at tremendous speeds (~15,700 miles/hr) could cause significant damage to satellites in case of a collision even with a piece of space debris the size of a blueberry. Spectral Energies and Purdue team proposes to develop novel data mining and machine learning based software for high-resolution in-orbit debris detection and surveillance. The proposed software consists of efficient algorithm based on optical flow field, 2D correlation, and other image processing techniques to (1) identify debris in the data captured from various existing cameras on satellites and the space station and (2) mine the 3D trajectory (with <
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Development of an analysis tool for automatic defect detection during on-orbit additive manufacturing process
- Nautilus Capture Mechanism Configuration: A Study to Compare Tolerances of Electrostatic and Gecko-like Adhesion of Spacecraft Docking System for Long-Duration Space Missions
- REACCH: Adhering Arms Architecture for Unprepared Surface Capture
Research funding history
272 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2026). Reported award amounts total $120,780,215. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture