This is an interesting excerpt from another list. Can someone confirm that so
many lost GEO sats have been found?
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Today the only
space-based space surveillance system is the DoD's "MSX" Satellite.
This was a late 1990s missile defense test satellite and most of its
sensors have now failed. However one small package weighing about 20
kg and called the "SBV" sensor is able to search and track satellites
in Geosynchronous orbit using visible light. This has been a
phenomenally successful mission having lowered the number of "lost"
objects in GEO orbit by over a factor of two. MSX is not used for
imaging asteroids, but a similar sensor could be. The Canadian Space
Agency, in concert with the Canadian Department of National Defense
is considering a "microsatellite" experiment with the entire
satellite and payload weighing just kg. This Near-Earth Surveillance
System (NESS) would track satellites in GEO orbit, as MSX does today.
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