Detection approach for GEO space objects with a wide-field optical telescope array

In 2020, Changchun Observatory developed a 280 mm wide-field optical telescope array to improve surveillance of space debris in the geosynchronous belt. There are many advantages including a wide field of view, the ability to observe a large area of sky and high reliability. However, the wide field...

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description In 2020, Changchun Observatory developed a 280 mm wide-field optical telescope array to improve surveillance of space debris in the geosynchronous belt. There are many advantages including a wide field of view, the ability to observe a large area of sky and high reliability. However, the wide field of view causes a significant number of background stars to appear in the image when photographing space objects, making it difficult to detect them. This research focuses on the precise detection of GEO space objects from images taken by this telescope array in order to position them in large quantities. Our work further investigates the motion feature of an object, namely that the object can be seen as being in a uniform linear motion for a brief length of time. Based on this feature, the belt can be divided into a number of smaller areas and the telescope array scans each smaller area one at a time from east to west. To detect objects in the subarea, a combination of image differencing with trajectory association is used. The image differencing algorithm is used to remove most stars and screen out suspected objects in the image. Next, the trajectory association algorithm is employed to further filter out the real objects among the suspected ones, and the trajectories attributed to the same object are linked. The feasibility and accuracy of the approach were verified by the experiment results. The accuracy rate of trajectory association exceeds 90% and on average, more than 580 space objects can be detected per observation night. Since the J2000.0 equatorial system can accurately describe the apparent position of an object, the object can be detected by using this coordinate system as opposed to the pixel coordinate system.
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