Overview
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Italian Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) Operations Center (ISOC) Services for ISS (ISOC [Ax-3]) on the private astronaut mission (PAM) Axiom-3 (Ax-3) evaluates a web-based space situational awareness (SSA) tool on the International Space Station. The investigation assesses the tool鈥檚 ability to conduct autonomous analysis of the risk of collision between a satellite and another object in orbit and compares space weather alerts with the actual experience of crew members.
鈥Research Overview
Space Applications
This investigation demonstrates how crews on future space missions may be able to autonomously perform conjunction analysis, which is the assessment of the risk of collision between a satellite and another orbiting object. The Space Weather section of the portal monitors Sun activities and provides customized alarms when a given parameter is over a defined threshold.
Earth Applications
Results could support improvements in satellite re-entry and fragmentation processes for European countries in the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking framework, reducing the risk to people on Earth from collisions in space.