Re: Basingstoke satellite trackers

From: Charles Phillips via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 16:30:49 -0600 (MDT)
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Cees wrote:

Cees wrote:

From: C. Bassa via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org mailto:seesat-l_at_satobs.org?Subject=Re%3A%20Basingstoke%20satellite%20trackers > 
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 22:04:41 +0200

This was presented at the UK National Astronomy Meeting of the Royal
Astronomical Society:
https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/collision-course-amateur-astronomers-
play-part-efforts-keep-space-safe https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/collision-course-amateur-astronomers-play-part-efforts-keep-space-safe

I wonder if any of the Basingstoke observers are on SeeSat-L.

Regards,
Cees

And it would be good if someone reached out to them to see if any of them would be 
interested in participating with See Sat. 

It is a little surprising that the Royal Astronomical Society would not know more
about the advantages and limitations of simple tracking set ups (like the one I have) 
and the limitations in observing small debris items. 

Having run a large radar tracking station (a BMEWS in Alaska) what is needed
for small debris items is a radar - especially a more modern phased array. LeoLabs
has demonstrated that a fairly inexpensive one is still very capable. 

Charles

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