Re: Why optical sensors are not used along with radars for generating TLEs of LEO objects?

From: Brian Weeden via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 15:42:25 -0400
Stuff in LEO moves fast, which makes it a lot harder to acquire and get a
good track in the short time it's overhead a sensor site.

Radars are just a lot more efficient, particularly if you already have a
bunch of big phased arrays you've built for missile warning :)




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Brian


On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 2:49 PM, John Gerrard via Seesat-l <
seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote:

> Why optical sensors are not used along with radars for generating TLEs of
> LEO objects?
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